Bastinazus

This issue has almost 2 years old. It's safe to assume Corsair will never fix it. If your keyboard is still under warranty, just RMA it, buy a Razer, Logitech or another reliable brand and never buy a Corsair product again. This issue is one of those things you shouldn't overlook at all. If Corsair hasn't fixed this important issue yet, that's a big red flag and it should dissuade any consumer from buying any other product from this brand.

This issue has almost 2 years old now. At this point it's completely safe to assume Corsair won't do anything to fix this. If your keyboard is still under warranty, just RMA it and never buy a Corsair product again. I have RMA'd mine because I'm sick of this issue and of seeing Corsair ignoring us. Probably I will buy a Logitech, or maybe a Razer.

Two years later, the issue is still present. At this point I think our best option is to RMA our Corsair keyboards and say goodbye to Corsair brand forever. This issue is absolutely unacceptable, and considering how big your brand is and how popular your peripherals are, it's unbelievable this issue hasn't been fixed yet. This should be more than enough to dissuade any potential consumer from buying any Corsair product. And not, the culprit isn't Steam, since this issue isn't related to Steam, it can happen with any game outside of Steam. It's related to the keyboard's firmware and the issue triggers when the numlock and capslock LEDs aren't responding. From that moment, any game will take ages to load, and Sekiro (for example) and other will just crash. Unplugging the keyboard fixes the issue. But well at this point I think you already know that.