Alt key not working on Razer Lycosa

[shinester184]

Hi there,

I purchased a Razer Lycosa back at Xmas, and ever since the day I started using it the left Alt key has not worked.

I installed the drivers at first as a 104 key board, so assumed this is where the problem would lie. Installing the 105 key drivers didn't fix the problem.

I am pretty sure the key is faulty as on the little macro keys assigning when you record keys,all other keys appear in the recording box, such as right Alt works fine.

Not having this key is quite annoying as I am unable to Ctrl, Alt + Del or Ctrl + Tab or Alt + Click for expressions in Adobe After Effects. Whenever I want to do some video work I have to pull out a crappy Dell keyboard.

Is this just something I have not enabled in the driver or is a faulty key?

Cheers.

 

[ejr22]

I have the Lycosa and although I have experienced brief temporary loss of functionality with some keys on occasion (probably about 5 times in the last 3 months) it does seem to be random and not only affecting one key in particular. Sounds like a faulty key to me, sorry to say. Can't see why/what/where drivers would help here.

If you unplug/re-plug the keyboard whilst in Windows does this have any effect? I only suggest it because that is how I once fixed a non-functioning key. I know it sounds simple but it might work for you? Good luck.

 

[shinester184]

Re-plugging it in didn't work. Looks like I will have to return it as the Alt key is fairly vital to me :/