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Razer Huntsman V2 Linear Keyboard Suddenly Dead

  • April 6, 2024
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I received this keyboard yesterday (purchased used from eBay), and everything worked fine. I set it up in the Synapse app, played games for a while, and left my computer on overnight to download a game.

This morning, the keyboard was seemingly dead: unresponsive, no lights, and not recognized in Windows. I plugged a different keyboard into the same USB port, and it worked fine. I tried the Razer keyboard on several, working USB ports in my gaming PC, and it still did not work. 

I then plugged the Razer Huntsman into three other other computers, and it did not work on any of them, meaning it has failed to work on four different computers. 

I tried to factory reset the keyboard several times by unplugging the keyboard, pressing ESC + CAPS LOCK + SPACE BAR, then plugging it back in and releasing the keys. But that does not do anything.

I have never had a keyboard randomly die like this. Any thoughts or suggestions, or does it appear the keyboard is simply gone? 

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  • Why_Not_
  • Insider Mini
  • June 24, 2024

My Razer Huntsman V2 Linear Keyboard just died yesterday, same story. Hard reset does nothing.
I bought it 8 months ago from Amazon.

I never had a keyboard just die like this. No clue what the cause is. 

For this price range, it should not be so short-lived.

I can return it to Amazon, hopefully your keyboard has some guarantee

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  • ariff13
  • Insider Mini
  • August 24, 2025

my blackwidow v4 pro just died today it was working just fine yesterday. turn off laptop to go to sleep , wake up this morning turn on laptop and the keyboard wont light up or register anything , yes tried the hard reset all and it didnt work. another 3 weeks it would have been full 2 years. Seems like a lot of my razer products always randomly die outside of warranty.

Happened to my basilisk v3 last year as well didnt drop it or anything , just turn off laptop , turn on next day doesnt work anymore. Seems like there is a killswitch. My alienware keyboard and mouse from 20 years ago still works and i use them much longer than any Razer products.

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