k95 rgb platinum Hardware actions devolve without iCue

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Because of the performance impact, I've started using my K95P without iCue running, and for the most part it's working fine. The G keys work as they should, except for one. I've mapped G5 to be shrug kaomoji:

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

But when iCue isn't running, the key spits out a simplified version:

 

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It works fine when iCue is running. iCue shows the correct text, but the keyboard just doesn't store all the information without iCue.

 

Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed. I use this key a lot. =)

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And I just noticed G6 doesn't light up in hardware mode either. As soon as I start iCue, it works fine. Shut down iCue and G6 is dark again.