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AngryNarwhal_111
United States51 Posts
I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm looking into getting a new keyboard as my Tarantula I bought off a friend seems to be dying. I know the Blackwidow is a great choice, but I'm wondering if the Lycosa still has the same issues I've read about while researching different keyboards, i.e. keys stopping functioning, touchpad going crazy, etc. I read somewhere that this is a software issue, so I'm also wondering if anyone has any more information on that. Thanks very much, Narwhal | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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AngryNarwhal_111
United States51 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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OctoPuSs
Canada5279 Posts
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Sylverin
United States480 Posts
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stevarius
United States1394 Posts
Get the black widow. -Owner of a Black Widow, A Lycosa with the cord cut, and a refurbished Lycosa that they gave me for replacement. | ||
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boyle
United States134 Posts
we both agree that the bw is the one to get. | ||
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AngryNarwhal_111
United States51 Posts
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On June 14 2011 06:32 OctoPuSs wrote: Yes it is very bad. After buying this keyboard and gotten no help from the gentlemen down at razer to solve the problem, I can tell you im never buying razer again. Same here, anything from razer that is not a mouse sucks. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 07:22 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Same here, anything from razer that is not a mouse sucks. Not true, their mousepads are perfectly fine. They can make a hell of a flat piece of plastic. | ||
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stevarius
United States1394 Posts
On June 14 2011 07:21 AngryNarwhal_111 wrote: Thanks guys. Problem with the blackwidow is that the backlit version is almost $60 more, but I guess I'll start saving. Save the money, you don't need backlighting. | ||
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Kishuu
Brazil108 Posts
Honeslty, Lycosa feels worse than dell cheap keyboards when you get used to a mechanical. Don't waste money on it. Get a filco, steelseries g6v2 or something with cherry switches. Look for the mechanical keyboard threads here. Don't get razer, it is a waste of money and time. | ||
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Taurent
Canada401 Posts
Oh and I like that its pretty easy to clean compared to some keyboards | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 07:54 Taurent wrote: I've had a Lycosa for about 2 years, been using the razer program that came with it and had no problem. Mind if I borrow your horseshoe's rabbit's foot's 4 leaf clover? | ||
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Roeder
Denmark735 Posts
Despite their generally low quality items, this seems to pull it off. Sorry, but I've had a diamondback 3G, lycosa and megalodon from Razer. Mouse died after only 1½ year, keyboard died a little earlier, so I had it sent back just to find out the replaced keyboard were suffering from similar malfunctions, and I had a crazy amount of trouble with the headset until a proper driver hotfix came - 4-5 months later. I gotta be honest - You'll probably need a bunch of patience, if you want Razer gear, but they seem to have learned from all those problem. Black Widow is problemfree so far. I just re-read your post and it was more focused on the Lycosa, so I'll keep it short; At least they remade the Lycosa-box since the last 2 years, but I sold the new (third) Lycosa I received, and I told him, that if he encountered any issues he should call me. No issues so far. Third month and counting. So I believe they've fixed the issue. | ||
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Mr. Nefarious
United States515 Posts
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
On June 14 2011 06:17 AngryNarwhal_111 wrote: Hey- I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm looking into getting a new keyboard as my Tarantula I bought off a friend seems to be dying. I know the Blackwidow is a great choice, but I'm wondering if the Lycosa still has the same issues I've read about while researching different keyboards, i.e. keys stopping functioning, touchpad going crazy, etc. I read somewhere that this is a software issue, so I'm also wondering if anyone has any more information on that. Thanks very much, Narwhal I've had a Lycosa since it came out and I've had no issues at all with anything. Very awesome keyboard, especially if you like the flat key style and the finish of the keys. | ||
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Vale
Finland12 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 09:04 Vale wrote: I´ve had Lycosa for a month now and it´s working just fine. Only problem is that touchpad makes my windows media player go crazy sometimes, like opens it without reason and changes song every 10 seconds but that happens like once in a week. Welcome to the software hell. Uninstall WMP or the Razer software. One of em has to go, in my experience. Or rename WMP.exe. Mind you, that folder is pretty hard to mess with. | ||
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xJuMMo
Belgium7 Posts
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thommotron
Australia12 Posts
http://www.artage.de/2008/03/10/razer-lycosa-problems-and-how-to-fix-them/ | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 10:49 thommotron wrote: Hey. I have had a Lycosa for about 3 months. I have had the same problems previously described. I gave this link a go yesterday and so far so good. However, I am not confident. http://www.artage.de/2008/03/10/razer-lycosa-problems-and-how-to-fix-them/ Unfortunately, early defects masked bad software. If unplugging and replugging fixes it, it's probably not a hardware issue, and a lot of people are able to fix it that way. | ||
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SoBeDragon
United States192 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 11:08 SoBeDragon wrote: I like my Lycosa, no complaints. Don't get the mirror version. Key's aren't as nice, and every spec of dust shows up on it. Mirror version doesn't have a coating on the keys that come off. And the preference on the keys is kind of subjective. | ||
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vindKtiv
United States215 Posts
On June 14 2011 08:35 Mr. Nefarious wrote: Get something with cherry switches. The Blackwidow is marketed as a "gaming keyboard" but doesn't even have N-Key rollover. Actually, N-Key rollover isn't necessary for a game like SC2, and the Blackwidow uses Cherry Switches (blues). For a cheap mechanical keyboard, I would definitely go with the Blackwidow. There are definitely problems with it (why the HELL would they ever think that the function key placement was a good idea?) but for $60-70 (I've seen it for $50!), I would get it over the cheap Adesso and Siig crap mechanical keyboards. Even for a backlit keyboard, the $100-$120 Ultimate version is much cheaper than the Deck keyboards, and the Deck keyboards don't even have that ergonomic curvature in the keys. And to be fair, there is no such thing as a "gaming keyboard." None of the older rubber membrane "gaming keyboards" had NKRO. | ||
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
something to keep in mind; your typing style and habits will be affected. It took me a long time to adjust from a 5$ membrane keyboard. the main thing is the 'click' is above the point of actuation, and both points are above bottoming out. with any membrane keyboard, the point of actuation is bottom, which is also the click. this ends up screwing your timing up (if you're like me and register in your mind a noise as a press) | ||
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BestFriends
Canada133 Posts
If you're set on something abit more flashy then a steelseries the TT series has some nice ones that are a mix between really good quality and pretty good looking. I forget what its called but my buddy has the one that whitera uses and it feels very nice and also looks amazing. | ||
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Pablols
Chile519 Posts
On June 14 2011 07:21 AngryNarwhal_111 wrote: Thanks guys. Problem with the blackwidow is that the backlit version is almost $60 more, but I guess I'll start saving. Keep your 60 dollars, I looked everywhere for a backlit keyboard and I ended up throwing it away, the light gets so annoying. Since you are a starcraft player I assume you dont look at the keyboard when you type right? back lighting would be pretty useless. | ||
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Ashby
Australia204 Posts
On June 14 2011 09:06 JingleHell wrote: Welcome to the software hell. Uninstall WMP or the Razer software. One of em has to go, in my experience. Or rename WMP.exe. Mind you, that folder is pretty hard to mess with. Wait... people still use WMP? just use a different program for your music plenty that will be easier to use and better in comparison to WMP. | ||
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ReaperX
Hong Kong1758 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 14 2011 13:08 Ashby wrote: Wait... people still use WMP? just use a different program for your music plenty that will be easier to use and better in comparison to WMP. Well, some people let it install, and that's what kills you with the Lycosa software for that particular bug, which can happen even if the software is set to use iTunes, which is one of the reasons I have trouble believing it's a hardware problem... a hardware issue doesn't tell the software to ignore it's settings. | ||
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xenogis
United States63 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
DOn't get hte backlighting, there isn't a reason for 60 bucks. I've typed on a Lycosa before, and even just in terms of typing the Blackwidow is Hugely better ;DD | ||
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Gahlo
United States35160 Posts
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Squirrel_x360a
Australia305 Posts
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TR
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
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