K70 - Vengeance K70 CH-9000011-JP 108 Key model

[ridojiri]

All I want for Christmas is for this thing to actually work !

 

Okay so I`m running windows 7. This is a Red 108 key model. That means it includes a conversion key, a Kana key, a wide/narrow key, and a non-conversion key.

 

I do what it says. Plug in the USB. Fine, it starts working. But only in 101/2 mode.

 

So then I try to change the keyboard language setting to Japanese. That doesn't work.

 

I then try editing the reg keys to override to kbd106.dll , except that also doesn't work.

 

Finally I tried installing the firmware 1.09 on the Corsair website for the keyboard, this also did not work.

 

Please, how can I make this keyboard work with all 108 keys. I have a suspicion that firmware didn't help anything- but of course there is no Japanese corsair website, and even the product itself came in a NA layout box, so I am completely in the dark. I buy a product that has seemingly has no firmware, no driver support [its certainly not in the Windows Update database], nothing.

 

Overall not a great experience.

[Toasted]

Put in a support ticket or call Corsair Technical support via phone.

 

You can call them using Skype by calling their toll-free number on their website.

[clamchowder01]

Any results on this?

 

I found some Microsoft threads

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/280725

 

or

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/927824

 

I don't know which works.

 

I also bought the Vengeance K70 CH-9000066-JP (K70 Blue JP) and right now it's fuctioning as a standard EN keyboard.

[clamchowder01]

The second link I posted is the method I tried.

 

It seems to work I think. I have no clue to how to use a Japanese keyboard... like using the special keys and stuff. The keys seem to be mapping to the correct symbols...