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Hi,
So basically my backspace and enter keys do not work. I didn't spill anything on them, i took all the keys off and cleaned up what i could, ive re installed/uninstalled/updated all the razer drivers and still nothing. When i spam my enter key to try make it work, "XCV4\]\'
XCV4\XCV4XCVXCV4\XCVXCV4\]XCV4\XCV4\XCVXXCV4\]\'" <-- It writes that continuously until I hit another key. The backspace key does something similar with a combination of alt, f11, shift, and 'o' all together. Please help me this is extremely frustrating. (I wrote all this on with no backspace had to use delete and numenter so excuse any spelling mistakes etc) I've had the keyboard for over a year and never had a problem till now and I live in Australia and couldn't find Razer support phone number for Australia either.
Also first time posting,go easy :D
Thanks in advance ..
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do you have some weird macro set up for your enter key? That is kind of what it looks like.
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i thought do too initially, but i checked the driver macro sofware and it says that there werent any recorded.
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Try the blackwidow in another computer or try another keyboard in your computer, just to make sure it is the keyboard playing up.
Really weird issue, never heard anything like it.
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yeh i tried in another computer and its still retarded so its definitely the keyboard.
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On February 24 2013 17:30 Gamma4 wrote:
yeh i tried in another computer and its still retarded so its definitely the keyboard.
If you are outside of warranty and you are comfortable with it I guess try tear the keyboard apart and look for something broken.
Or put a post up on r/MechanicalKeyboards or one of the other keyboard sites (deskthority, geekhack, OCN). See if someone else has a clue what happened.
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Not suprising for a Blackwidow
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On February 24 2013 17:56 Cyro wrote:
Not suprising for a Blackwidow
Yeah, the other option is buy a new keyboard.
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You probably recorded a "macro on the fly" Not sure how to delete it though
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On February 24 2013 20:31 ZwuckeL wrote:
You probably recorded a "macro on the fly" Not sure how to delete it though
I checked in the driver software and it said that none were recorded..
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On February 24 2013 22:13 Gamma4 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 20:31 ZwuckeL wrote:
You probably recorded a "macro on the fly" Not sure how to delete it though I checked in the driver software and it said that none were recorded..
And if you used another computer that rules it out because I am pretty sure the blackwidow does not have any onboard memory.
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I had a similar problem with my Blackwidow, pretty much exactly as you describe it, but happening with even more keys iirc. My problem started when I spilled some coffe on it, and I thought it was completely fucked up so I went ahead and bought a new keyboard. But when I came back to try it a few days later(just in-case) it worked. No clue why this happened though, but as other people suggested; try cleaning it up, and leave it unplugged for a day or something, sounds weird, but who knows. 
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Same story as CojL. Spilled a little bit of water on it, and a few keys behaved weird (exactly like you) for a few hours, and then it went back to normal.
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This sort of happened to me. I had a conversation with my fiance over skype about a breaking bad episode, and then suddenly, it started repeating it back to me some time later, usually in the middle of a starcraft match. It was kind of frustrating, having my marines stim, and then a second or two later, stop (because I had the number 2 in the conversation, moments later t and then s.). For unrelated reasons, I did a clean install of the OS and haven't had that problem since. Yesterday, I had an issue where the m key wouldn't work. I ended up unplugging it and plugging it back in and it worked again.
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Ok guys i've fixed it, though its not really a fix that you would find very repeatable. After many many many attempts to fix by unplugging/ replugging, installing/ uninstalling software and whatnot, eventually I just got too frustrated and used an old keyboard for a day. Today I plugged it back in, and what do you know? it works again -_-. Though funnily enough when searching through the web for many hours I found someone said that he left his unplugged for a week and it was working again for him, so however stupid this method may sound, it may actually for for all you others that have this problem.
(And so apparently this worked for some of you guys too!!  )
Thanks for all the responses!! TL community so reliable <3
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OOOOOH SHIT, apparently I spoke too soon.... its back, doing the same shit again.. fml. I guess ill leave it unplugged for longer now or something.
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hmm so i'm using it again but i'm gonna be pessimistic and think to myself its only a matter of time before it bugs out again.. I wasn't using it for about 4 days and apparently time heals this keyboard somehow.
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Same thing, I spilled about 10 drops of beer on my key board; then my a button started to act up in the middle of a game. A few hours later everything went back to normal... yay?
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Okay I really need help with this and not just wait it out, this is frustrating. I am trying to type words that I am able to instead of others being some of my keys aren't working (copy and pasting the letter c right there). I cant use these keys - x, c, v, close ( ] ) bracket, backslash (\), single quote ('), enter key, the number 6 on the number pad (on the right), and I think I literally have had my keyboard for 2 months. Why god why?!?!?! jk I'm very upset right now but since I am in warranty should I send it in and wait like freakin' 3 weeks to get it back or what. I dont have any key bindings with macros or anything... I dont even Synapse downloaded. They worked a few hours ago but only for a few moments then all the same keys would suddenly be assholes. Unplugging and replugging didn't work, leaving it alone while being unplugged didn't work either. This thread might be a little too old but I hope someone could help me out. $150 damn dollars to send it in for warranty after 2 months? Really?
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I've had this happen a lot with my 2011-era Razer Crapwidow (Yes, I know. real mature, but that's the bleak truth. This thing has caused me more problems than is worth the cost.) I've tried things like updating drivers, ensuring I didn't record a 'macro on the fly', repair installs of Windows, cleaning the keyboard out rather regularly, unplugging/replugging and the problem is still hhappening.
This is the worst keyboard I've ever spent £80+ on. Whenever I bring this up against Razer in a comment online, any of their fanboys will just call me an idiot and either blame me for having a 'shoddy' motherboard or for not returning my purchase in the first place.
Also, why the actual, ever-living hell would you use ultra-loud Cherry MX Blue switches - which are suited specifically for typing - in a gaming keyboard?
Honestly, I'd rather use a cheap £5 membrane keyboard over anything manufactured by Razer after the problems I've experienced with the Blackwidow and their buggy Synapse 2.0 utility software/drivers. I've seen Creative audio drivers less bugged than Synapse...
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