Windows 10: Trouble with new keyboard

Windows 10 is still in the preview stages. Some things are not going to work. Some things may get fixed with MS updates and some things may not get fixed until after 10 goes RTM.

 

But a good thought! Is there anyway I could confirm that? First I would go to the MFG website to see if they have any drivers for download for that keyboard.
If that doesn't work then I would check if there this might be an issue with Win8. If so that solution might fix the issue you're having with Win10. Just a thought again.

In the end it could just be the numlock issue that is occurring with the current build of Win10. If you like you can always go to the previous build and test the keyboard to see if it works. The numlock issue was not there.



HTH
Have a good day,
Jeff *Smile Thanks, Jeff! I'll try your suggestions! *Smile Your so welcome. Have a great day!! I have read that there are a lot of keyboard issues with the latest build of win 10 one of them is over sensitiviety of the key strokes along with backlight and numlock problems: these will be improved in the next 21st jan preview update.

regards Topper

 

I have a cheap Sumvision illuminated keyboard with 3 colours and 3 brightness levels which works fine, except for the three basic led's

 

I had the same problem with an HP keyboard

 

True Lee, but one can always visit the manufacturers website to get the latest drivers, even if only for Windows8, they might work on Windows 10.

It is not because Win10 does not load the drivers, that you cannot do it manually.

Can very well be that it works that way.

Jeff

 

My keyboard works in the current build. (9926) *Smile

-Chuck

 

Good to hear Chuck!! The num-lock indicator works on mine, finally.
Jeff

 

Since I added my complaint to this thread ... to be fair to MS, I now need to add my new comment -- that the keyboard lights work again!

 

Sorry for reviving a dead thread, but I just got this same keyboard on my Windows 10 PC and I also cannot get the backlights to work. It wasn't clear to me if there was a solution to this- is there a way to get the lights to work on it?

 

When I had posted this, 2 years ago, I was running the preview build of Windows 10 which was the problem. When build 9926 came out that solved my problem.

Assuming that you are running a non-Insider preview version of Windows 10 then your keyboard should be lighting up. Here are a few suggestions.

1. Make sure you are pressing the SCR LK key. The backlight key is different for every keyboard, but if you are using the CMStorm then you're gonna want to press the SCR LK key.

2. Download the latest drivers from here. (Click on Downloads and then scroll to the color of your keyboard.)

3. If my top two suggestions don't work, try plugging the keyboard into another computer and see if it works. If it doesn't, then you may have a bad keyboard.

Hope that helps. *Smile

-Chuck

 

Thanks Chuck, I have pressed scroll lock many times without effect. When I go to your drivers link all I see in downloads is a pdf describing the keyboards- am I missing something there?

 

I'm so sorry. I didn't actually check the downloads. I had assumed they were drivers. That's my bad, sorry about that.

Turns out, the keyboard actually doesn't have any drivers. Did you just get this keyboard? If so, you might want to just return it and get a replacement.