jacobite1 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hi, Any idea how to get the caps lock, num lock and scroll lock lights to work on a K70 ( Red ). Caps and num lock will work when in BIOS mode, but then you get the very annoying blinking Scroll lock light. In all other modes the indicator lights refuse to function, although the actions do appear to work ok. I can live without the other two, but a working Caps lock indicator would be a real help. MB is Asus Sabre X58 with latest bios. OS is Linux 64bit ( Mint ) Only use the keyboard for typing as not interested in games. Just wanted a solid mechanical keyboard. Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Have you tried reflashing the firmware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobite1 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yes I upgraded the X58 bios to the latest version 1402 before posting. Didn't make any difference. Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I meant the firmware for the K70. http://www.corsair.com/us/media/cms/drivers/K70-setup-091913.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobite1 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks, didn't even know the keyboard had firmware. Not sure how to check what I have now or how to update it as I do not have Windows. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 You can ask your friends if you can update the keyboard FW on their computer and also test the Numlock, Caps lock and scroll lock L.E.D. I remember some Mac users, experiencing this issue as well. Unfortunately, there wasn't a fix for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton.c42 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I just bought this keyboard and I'm having the same problem in Linux. I've updated to the newest firmware for the keyboard (FW 1-09 posted here) but it didn't fix the problem. Is there anything else that I can do? Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I don't think there is a fix for the NumLock, Caps Lock, etc L.E.D.s when its on a non Windows Operating system e.g. Mac OSX and Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayahr Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I don't think there is a fix for the NumLock, Caps Lock, etc L.E.D.s when its on a non Windows Operating system e.g. Mac OSX and Linux. Hm... I guess I found the reason why this is not working on Linux. If you connect two keyboards to a Windows machine and press Caps-Lock on one of them then the LED on both keyboards is toggled. If you do the same on Linux then this is not the case. Each keyboard has its own LED state and the keyboard is responsible for toggling it. The K70 is recognized as TWO keyboards in the Windows Device manager. So I guess the LEDs and the keyboard itself are separate devices when not running the keyboard in BIOS-mode. So on windows the LEDs are informed by Windows about the various Lock-States. That's why it works on Windows. On Linux this does not work because the keyboard should toggle the LEDs itself. It does that in BIOS mode but then you have the annoying scroll-lock-LED-flashing. That's really a shame. I bought this keyboard for Gaming on Windows and Coding on Linux... I have another even more annoying issue on Linux which does not occur on Windows and I guess I have to send the keyboard back because I really don't want to pay a price as high as this for a Windows-only keyboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I3en Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 You never said there wasnt a fix on window's, so what is the fix? I'm having the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 If the indicator LEDs do not work even in Windows and you have tried it on another computer, it could possibly be faulty LEDs. THe only fix for it would be to replace the keyboard via Corsair under warranty (2 year warranty) https://corsair.secure.force.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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