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Keyboard not working properly on boot camp?

Hello! I recently got a new wireless keyboard for my mac after 3 years of use.


The thing is, when It's in OS it works perfectly, nothing is wrong and the keys do what they're supposed to be doing. HOWEVER, when i switch to my Windows partition, the F keys wont do what they're supposed to do, no brightness adjustment, no volume adjustment, I tried working it out with the Fn key in the bootcamp settings but it didn't seem to work at all.


Also some of my keys have swapped places, specifically the ª and > keys, I tried with different language settings but nothing seems to work.


I already tried to reinstall the bootcamp drivers but nothing.


Anyone know how to fix this?

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 4:44 PM

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Mar 7, 2018 3:25 PM in response to Loner T

I already tried plugging it in and it didn't work either, really wondering why it refuses to work, since the last one I had worked PERFECTLY on bootcamp.


I did notice however that when I plug it in, it'll recognize it like a separate keyboard, the one that says Magic Keyboard is the one that appears when I plug it in, the other one is the "wireless" one, even tho they're the same. Pretty weird...

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Mar 7, 2018 4:20 PM in response to Deliciousale

Deliciousale wrote:


I already tried plugging it in and it didn't work either, really wondering why it refuses to work, since the last one I had worked PERFECTLY on bootcamp.

Was that also a A1644 MK2?


Deliciousale wrote:



I did notice however that when I plug it in, it'll recognize it like a separate keyboard, the one that says Magic Keyboard is the one that appears when I plug it in, the other one is the "wireless" one, even tho they're the same. Pretty weird...

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It is treated as separate USB device, so this should be fine. Since it is not working, it does not help solve the problem. Do you want to consider re-installing the BC drivers available from Action -> Download in BC Assistant?

Mar 7, 2018 2:42 PM in response to Deliciousale

Deliciousale wrote:


I tried the on-screen keyboard and while the key placement seems to be correct, the F1-12 multimedia keys still don't work, the work as if it was a non-apple keyboard, opening new tabs, help windows and the like.

Do you get proper functions if you use the Fn+(F1-F12) keys? With the on-screen keyboard visible, if you press a key on the keyboard, does the corresponding on-screen keyboard 'click' and acknowledge the key click? Can you also check which Keyboard driver is in use when on-screen keyboard is enabled?


Deliciousale wrote:



When I close the on-screen keyboard and try to use the physical one, everything is still not working properly.

Does the key placement change/is incorrect when you close the on-screen keyboard?

Mar 7, 2018 2:59 PM in response to Loner T

I might have explained myself wrong in the previous post, my bad.


When I open the on-screen keyboard THAT one has correct key placements, not the physical one, if I type on the physical one with the on-screen keyboard still open the keys still have the wrong placement.


In both keyboards the F keys are still not working properly even with Fn, the on-screen one wont even acknowledge that I have Fn pressed, but will recognize shift or the tab buttons.


I'm really losing my mind here, I feel like I've tried everything and nothing is working, this close to throwing this new keyboard out the window.

Keyboard not working properly on boot camp?

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