Comments on: Razer Lycosa Backlight Illumination

By: Lasse Christiansen

Lasse Christiansen — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:45:41 +0000

And we’re waiting… Need a new keyboard soon, and I would like it to be a red Lycosa

Hoping for some info soon.-

By: GaryJohnson

GaryJohnson — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:10:40 +0000

Still waiting on that red lycosa to become available… (and red lachesis while you’re at it)…

By: Ron K

Ron K — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:49:49 +0000

The ‘cool blue spectrum’ argument from Razor is a wash.. As mentioned before, the wasd is the was the keyboard is SUPPOSED to look, but when the full keyboard is lit, it is barely visible in a normally lit room..

The gamers that are likely happy with this keybaord are probably your typical hermit gamer that keeps the list off in their gaming room. In normal lighting, no one can use this lighting feature.

If I could exchange this keyboard I would for a brighter one, but at the very least I’m warning all my friends and co-workers to KEEP AWAY from this crap.

By: Kleer69

Kleer69 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:55:20 +0000

I have blue illumination model and i’m satisfied with intensity of these LEDs
and i have a “little” suggestion you can make a driver which will have “custom illumination” option wich will able to illuminate these keys you chose:D i hope you know what i’m saying?:)

P.S: I dont know if someone was writing about this suggestion - I’m sorry, i dont read these all replies it’s boring:D and sorry for my english :)(if its not understandable or something xD)

By: TNT

TNT — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:51:54 +0000

forget it… its impossible,

if u take of the D and the F key’s you’ll understand why the WASD keys are much brighter than the other keys, they are not lit by the global key lighting but by led’s specific to those keys.

imo.. big mistake by razer but theres nothing to do about my lycosa

dont get me wrong, its a brilliant keyboard anyway

By: TNT

TNT — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:49:29 +0000

hey…

i was wondering if razer could release some driver update or firmware fix to be able to light individual keys… i dont use the wasd keys and its buyying that i have to have thw whole keyboard lit to use the arrow keys.

thanks.

By: Geneiken

Geneiken — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:47:48 +0000

I just got the board today, my lightning is fine! but my touchpanel doesn’t work :> man i have read all the above comments if i knew this before i would never had bought it.

By: harry2110

harry2110 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:41:53 +0000

I would love to get the green on to match my CH.

By: Jon_di2

Jon_di2 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:36:54 +0000

Razerguy Says:

March 18th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
No official dates as yet but both the red and green LED keyboards are coming. Better info to come.

So whats going on with this… 4 and a half months and you can’t even bother to give a simple update on this??

By: Nekonron

Nekonron — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:35:50 +0000

I just bought the Lycosa last night but was very disappointed with its lighting once I tried to use it. Even in a semi-bright room, I can barely see the letters.

The lighting feature of the Lycosa was the reason why I chose it instead of the Tarantula after taking over an hour to decide at the store. If I had known that the Lycosa had such a problem, I would have bought the Tarantula instead since it cost just a bit extra. But now, I’m stuck with a very disappointing Lycosa.

I had always trusted that Razer products were top-notched and would never disappoint, so this really is quite a blow for me. It would have been okay if I could return the Lycosa to the store I bought from and exchange it with a Tarantula, but apparently that’s not possible.

Is there really nothing you guys could do about it? As a few others mentioned before, in the WASD only mode, the lighting is a lot brighter, can’t it be implemented with the other keys as well with a firmware update?

I really don’t want to feel like I’ve wasted the money I saved up for this and while everything else about the keyboard works great, it really does take one single bad apple to spoil the bunch.