Razer Lycosa Keyboard Problem

A new use for those bottle caps lying around to keep track of your weekend drink count

The Razer Lycosa keyboard, a gamer favorite, sold since 2007, garnered some bad press a few years ago due to a few bad batches of keyboards which left them either severely crippled or, at least, very annoying to use. Some keyboards succumb to an issue where the backlight refuses to stay on, the backlight will erratically cycle through the its options or the media buttons won’t respond.

It was found, in some cases, that the touchpad was installed incorrectly at the factory, and opening the keyboard to re-seat the touchpad would fix the issue. A MacGyver fix was found; when a dime or quarter is placed on the touch-sensitive media control area, the cycling ceased.

When I first applied this fix a couple years ago, I had no change available, but I did have a bottle cap which worked just fine! Doing this renders the touchpad useless, but it does prevent the backlight from cycling. After a few months of the bottle cap being in place, I removed it and went for about a year without any issues. Just recently, however, the problem return, and I happened to have another bottle cap at the ready!