Celt1

Yup my M65 mouse had to go bye-bye as well due to problems with button switches.

Well I finally gave up! I bought a Steelseries Apex 7 TKL, and the problems disappeared. Side benefit is no more Icue software to hassle with.

I found a temporary workaround. I downloaded an old firmware version for the Strafe, and flashed it to the keyboard in iCue. Version 2.05. Then I rebooted and though it still has the scroll lock white indicator blinking, I could then hit the del key to bring up the Bios splash screen, and the F1 key worked to enter Bios. I then went back to Windows, "upgraded the firmware" to the current version, and bam! The keyboard once again fails to function to get in to the bios. I had to revert firmware once again to make it work. Clearly, something in the new firmware breaks the keyboard in terms of pre-Windows boot process with this motherboard.

A 3900x is arriving tomorrow, so I tried flashing my Crosshair VI Hero bios to versions 7401 and then 7306, both gave me a problem I have never experienced before. On the initial boot I get to the press F1 screen to enter bios. Unfortunately, my Corsair Strafe RGB keyboard has the Scroll Lock key blinking, and none of the keys function. At that point I am just "stuck". The only workaround is to plug in an old Microsoft USB keyboard I had around, which works ok. After entering bios, then saving, exiting, I can go back to the Strafe and boot into Windows and things work. However, I can not get back to bios, as the same bad behavior repeats (pressing Del key won't work)until it boots windows. The only way to access the bios is with the Microsoft keyboard. I googled blinking Scroll Lock key on a Strafe and I see where that means something about "bios mode" of the keyboard and to press a combo of F1 and the upper right Windows key, but this does not solve the issue. Anyone else had this weird problem?