I just bought the huntsman mini which I totally love in terms of look and feel... but I'm returning it right away :(
This is the 2nd time I buy a razer product and have to return it, both times the product had so much potential and both times seems like "lack of test" is the reason the product is barely usable, a real pitty cause I truly love the look and feel.
Well, I go to the point. Got the keyboard yesterday and I wasn't able to use the "onboard" profiles, synapse lets me load them and all that but when I cycle trough them in the keyboard with synapse turned off they do not work (I always get the same "Spectrum cycling" lighning no mater what I loaded into the profile).
So I headed to the support page for the keyboard and found that there is firmware update, I though "Great! this might fix the issue"... After installing the driver the keyboard FN combos were messed and the windows taskbar unusable, the FN combos were fixed once I launched again synapse but the windows taskbar is broken for the span of 4 to 5 minutes every time I start windows (that is simply unbearable, I have to reinstall windows now but I cannot keep a keyboard that I know can cause that, not the keyboard itself, but the support attached to it).
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ChillyRide
Here is my case answer:
Greetings! This is Rich again from Razer Escalation Team.
Thank you for your patiently waiting. What I have in had now is a quick fixed only not the real fixed. This was though the effort of my colleague and the team, we find a temporary solution that might help to solve for the meantime until our internal team will provide a fix via software update.
We found out that if you uninstall an specific update on your Windows (4598242) the issue of freezes and lagging of the task bar will be fix.
Let us know if this step help you with your issue.
But its old update and I cant install it manually.No one deleted this.
What do you mean to install it? Razer says to uninstall it. I could uninstall it but cant reboot now. I'll tell you about this fix later.
ChillyRide
Here is my case answer:
Greetings! This is Rich again from Razer Escalation Team.
Thank you for your patiently waiting. What I have in had now is a quick fixed only not the real fixed. This was though the effort of my colleague and the team, we find a temporary solution that might help to solve for the meantime until our internal team will provide a fix via software update.
We found out that if you uninstall an specific update on your Windows (4598242) the issue of freezes and lagging of the task bar will be fix.
Let us know if this step help you with your issue.
But its old update and I cant install it manually.
"This was though the effort of my colleague and the team, we find a temporary solution" Yeah, sure. User jjklee found this out (4th page of this thread).
This is update from 12 jan 2021 so its not an old update.
Maybe this work for some users but for me after uninstalling this nothing changes. I tested this keyboard even on january 2019 verision of windows and still experiencing the issue.
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IsidroP
What do you mean to install it? Razer says to uninstall it. I could uninstall it but cant reboot now. I'll tell you about this fix later.
Oh sry
, my mistake. I dont have such update and thought installling it would point me to issue.
ChillyRide
Here is my case answer:
Greetings! This is Rich again from Razer Escalation Team.
Thank you for your patiently waiting. What I have in had now is a quick fixed only not the real fixed. This was though the effort of my colleague and the team, we find a temporary solution that might help to solve for the meantime until our internal team will provide a fix via software update.
We found out that if you uninstall an specific update on your Windows (4598242) the issue of freezes and lagging of the task bar will be fix.
Let us know if this step help you with your issue.
But its old update and I cant install it manually.
this is a temporary fix but windows is forcing this update every 3 days or so on my pc and doesnt even ask me just installs it back
jsan3051
this is a temporary fix but windows is forcing this update every 3 days or so on my pc and doesnt even ask me just installs it back
You can pause the updates. Just press "pause updates for 7 days" couple of times.
It didn't fix it to me
IsidroP
It didn't fix it to me
i think it only fixes the taskbar crashing at starup but the welcome loading screen still takes a while
For me the loading screen was faster but taskbar crashes
i really love my huntsman mini but if it broke my pc i just have to let it go ... i went blackwidow v3 instaed ... at least until they fix it but i won't take the risk that easily. I don't recommend go insider or preview for a keyboard 
I'm having the same issue. On first boot I usually have to sign in / out / in to be able to make the click-to-show-taskbar work. I only coincidentally found out about this thread and my Huntsman Mini being the culprit after searching for other issues I have with this keyboard (the LED of a single key not working, FN+CTRL+number not working to change the lighting, etc).
I prefer to not to have to install Synaps to get this thing to work properly.
I prefer to not to have to install Synaps to get this thing to work properly.
AmaranthPinkeasybox748
I'm having the same issue. On first boot I usually have to sign in / out / in to be able to make the click-to-show-taskbar work. I only coincidentally found out about this thread and my Huntsman Mini being the culprit after searching for other issues I have with this keyboard (the LED of a single key not working, FN+CTRL+number not working to change the lighting, etc).
I prefer to not to have to install Synaps to get this thing to work properly.
Spoiler: is not going to work anyway is a firmware update from the keyboard itself
ChillyRide
ctrl+alt+del not working always, some Radeon Software ui bugs when strating any game for 1-10sec. New but weird window animation. New OC behavior with GPU. Cant reach old OC profile, may be new AMD Gpu drivers cause this. And official bug list:
Known issues
- Miracast users may experience very low frame rates in this build.
- We’re looking into reports of the update process hanging for extended periods of time when attempting to install a new build.
- We’re investigating an issue impacting the reliability of Start and other modern apps, which started in the previous flight. If you are impacted, you may experience the Start menu layout resetting.
- Live previews for pinned sites aren’t enabled for all Insiders yet, so you may see a grey window when hovering over the thumbnail in the taskbar. We’re continuing to work on polishing this experience.
- We’re working on enabling the new taskbar experience for existing pinned sites. In the meantime, you can unpin the site from the taskbar, remove it from the edge://apps page, and then re-pin the site.
- [News and interests] Sometimes the news and interests flyout cannot be dismissed with pen.
- [News and interests] News and interests uses more taskbar space on the left than expected.
- [News and interests] The taskbar button can show stale information each time the user signs into their Windows session.
- [News and interests] The news and interests flyout shows content in a single column before quickly switching to double column.
- [News and interests] Text in taskbar button can look pixelated in high resolution screens.
- [News and interests] Attempting to share content dismisses the flyout.
- [News and interests] In certain situations, the flyout may not dismiss until the taskbar button is clicked or the hover effect may appear stuck.
- [ARM64] Insiders who installed the preview version of the Qualcomm Adreno graphics driver on the Surface Pro X may experience reduced brightness of the display. This will be addressed in a future update.
- [ADDED 2/1] Some Insiders have reported that their PC experiences PC an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bugcheck when attempting to upgrade to Build 21301. We are working on a fix and will let you know when it’s included in an upcoming flight.
did you try win10 ver 1909? maybe that build is stable for a while
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rodrigofernety
did you try win10 ver 1909? maybe that build is stable for a while
Nope. 20H2 (19042.789) and Insider 20301 only.
ChillyRide
Nope. 20H2 (19042.789) and Insider 20301 only.
my friends that never experienced this problem has a lower win ver so maybe that's the problem
ChillyRide
Here is my case answer:
Greetings! This is Rich again from Razer Escalation Team.
Thank you for your patiently waiting. What I have in had now is a quick fixed only not the real fixed. This was though the effort of my colleague and the team, we find a temporary solution that might help to solve for the meantime until our internal team will provide a fix via software update.
We found out that if you uninstall an specific update on your Windows (4598242) the issue of freezes and lagging of the task bar will be fix.
Let us know if this step help you with your issue.
But its old update and I cant install it manually.
I wish I would have known this 2 months ago when I originally had this issue. Support wasn't helpful in this at all. I bought a new keyboard because I was done dealing with the BS......
PurpleNavyfrontzone784
I wish I would have known this 2 months ago when I originally had this issue. Support wasn't helpful in this at all. I bought a new keyboard because I was done dealing with the BS......
your win ver?
rodrigofernety
your win ver?
20H2 but I’m not looking to downgrade my windows to fix this keyboard. I already purchased a different one that works fine with this version. Sorry if I sound mad but it’s been 4 months since this has been talked about and it’s taken this long for any razer support to look at their own forum to figure out the issue. I’ll use it again when it’s functional in an OS.....
ValkyrieX
Exactly what I am experiencing!
I am speaking to a technical support member by the name of Hunter. I’ve sent him system and synapse logs for reference and even made a youtube video of the problem as per his request:
I am asking for a copy of the original firmware so I can flash my keyboard back to factory and test it out. This all started because of the firmware update I believe.
same issue here
Just a temporary fix. I suspend it instead of shutting down, i only reboot it if its needed by an installation or something. But at least suspending works as a temporary fix.
i also try that but if i go to reliability history in windows i realized that windows hardware error was popping up several times and in some cases my star menu in this case i use complete screen messed up horrible so my solution was uninstall keyboard and use another one untill further news!
Hey, i just foundout that if you connect the keyboard to the monitor usb hub the taskbar wont crash. If you have usb connectors on your monitor, try it.
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IsidroP
Hey, i just foundout that if you connect the keyboard to the monitor usb hub the taskbar wont crash. If you have usb connectors on your monitor, try it.
Dont work! For now only Windows Insider builds have no issues.
ChillyRide
Dont work! For now only Windows Insider builds have no issues.
Strange, it worked for me. What monitor do you have?
Userlevel 1
IsidroP
Strange, it worked for me. What monitor do you have?
It doesnt matter, I got 3 different hubs, including Samsung C32HG70, Razer Base Station v2 and old Speedlink usb 2.0 hub. All tested. None help. By countless reproduces only Windows Insider builds solve issue for all.
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