Corsair K95 Issue

[wrenaudrey]

I don't know where the correct section of the forum to put this so I put it here. Please make a 'Peripherals' section; just saying


Anyway...I've just bought this Corsair K95 literally a few days ago. It's a very good keyboard and I really like it.

The issue im having regards the bank of macro keys.
Althought I don't really use them, this may change but the fact that it came with the keyboard means that it should really be functioning.

Well, enough of the waffle and onto the actual problem.
Im trying to record or assign a function onto one of the macro keys, eg. G1.
I have read the manual several times already and have tried to record/assign a function on two several keys through the Corsair software and the actual keyboard it self. But it seems that its not really retaining the functions I've assigned.

Is anyone else having similar issue to me or know what the problem is or am I really just doing it wrong?
Please help, I don't really want to return it but if its this particular keyboard that's broken then I guess I will definitely have to.

 

[Mystriss]

!!! How did you get a K95 so fast mines backordered until October QQ

I know with the K90 I had to install the driver first or it wouldn't save the keybinds for me. I also had to switch the keyboard over to hardware mode in the software; check box on the bottom of the software screen that says "Hardware Playback"

 

[jamesriley94]

!!! How did you get a K95 so fast mines backordered until October QQ

I know with the K90 I had to install the driver first or it wouldn't save the keybinds for me. I also had to switch the keyboard over to hardware mode in the software; check box on the bottom of the software screen that says "Hardware Playback"

You don't necessarily need hardware playback.

Macro record button, then click/press in the software which macro button you want to assign to, and then type in your command, then press the macro record button again.
That confused me a little on my K90, not sure if it's the same thing though.

I highly doubt it's a fault to be honest. Seems a little too specific to be a fault IMO.

 

[Mystriss]

Odd, I don't have to use the macro record button to program mine, I just type the key bind into the software and apply it to the keyboard.

Ya know, you might be right on the hardware playback thing... I'm trying to remember why I had to use it and it may actually have just have been cause I didn't want to run the profile software in memory.

 

[jamesriley94]

Odd, I don't have to use the macro record button to program mine, I just type the key bind into the software and apply it to the keyboard.

Ya know, you might be right on the hardware playback thing... I'm trying to remember why I had to use it and it may actually have just have been cause I didn't want to run the profile software in memory.

Hardware playback is just so it runs off the keyboard's memory rather than the software. It helps in things if you want to use a macro to in the BIOS or Linux or something (I had to program delete into my M60 on HW playback as my bluetooth keyboard wouldn't register with the BIOS and couldn't get into it without).
Other than that, certain games can conflict with it - ie - some games have their own auto-macro settings, and if left to work with software, the game may over-ride the settings you put in in the software. With HW playback enabled, the game won't see it as a macro-key, but just as the button command you've set and so can't over-ride it.
It's useful in some instances because of this - but it isn't needed, and shouldn't be the cause of the problems the OP is having.