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April 28th, 2021 09:00

Alienware Keyboard | AW510K Continuously Disconnecting and Re-Connecting

I was playing video games one day and mid-battle, my keyboard's RGB lights go dark and become un-useable. Then I start hearing the Windows disconnecting noise you hear when you unplug a USB or something, then the reconnecting noise. And it won't stop now, it's disconnecting and reconnecting fast enough I can't run a troubleshoot because it disconnects itself. I've already gone through and removed the device and tried to re-install the drivers from the Dell Website from the respective page but not after tried to run update checks on the device and it was already up to date. I ran and did the updates on my computer because I thought that could be the issue but to no avail. I even went into the device manager and change it so the computer couldn't disconnect the device.

My PC specs if they're needed are: 
Alienware Aurora R8,
9th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9 9900 (8-Core, 16MB Cache, up to 5GHz with Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology),
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti,
I have two monitors hooked up to the computer:
Alienware 38 Curved Gaming Monitor - AW3821DW, 37.5" ,WQHD, IPS Nano, 1ms,144Hz, G-SYNC
and Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor - AW2521HF

I assume the distributed power may be the issue but if it's not and I can fix it, I'd like to. Because this all worked fine up until a point but I've had it for a little while.

  • CAPALOT

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    Posted July 24th, 2021 13:00

    I have this exact same problem, did you solve it ever?

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    Posted July 24th, 2021 17:00

    After searching forums all over and going through Alienware tech support for nearly a weak we couldn’t fix it. I still don’t know what it was but I just had to get a new keyboard. I got the same one and haven’t had any issues, I’m guessing the wires or something somehow got damaged or a circuit. 
    but no it wasn’t solved and I just replaced it.

  • HopWorksEmbedded

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    Posted March 22nd, 2023 11:00

    I also have the same problem, but it seems to be isolated to the machine it is connected to. I have a powered KM switch (Keyboard Mouse, no Video) I run it through and it only happens when I switch it to my work laptop. I cannot install the Alienware software on the work laptop (a Dell I5 Windows 10 Enterprise build 19044.2604 Windows feature experience pack 120.2212.4190.0) because it is not approved by my IT manager, but I suspect that is what the problem is, or the issue would also happen when connected to my Alienware M15-R6. Any fixes, work arounds, suggestions?

     

    Thanks

  • colpliscol

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    Posted March 11th, 2025 17:18

    I have the same issue.  Keyboard disconnects briefly and then reconnects.  I notice the disconnection in 2 ways: 1) Blue backlighting turns off and then will resume with the "Power Up" lighting sequence. 2) Keyboard press will randomly start repeating.  It could be any key and I'll get non-stop repetition until I hit other keys to stop it.  If I don't stop it, the random keypress continues to occur.   So, i'll be typing and suddenly get thissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss as an example.  Anyone having these issues?  I'm using the keyboard with my Alienware M16R1 AMD Laptop.

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    Posted March 14th, 2025 03:08

    @colpliscol​ I have this problem, using an alienware m15r3, blue backlight turns on/off between 3 and 5 minutes interval, any fix or workaround to share?

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    Posted April 10th, 2025 14:23

    @JCPabon​ Unfortunately, no.  I spent some time with Dell Tech Support and they suggested replacing the keyboard and sent me a brand new one.  The same issues continue to occur, so it looks like it isn't the keyboard, but something in the laptop or drivers. 

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    Posted April 10th, 2025 14:26

    @HopWorksEmbedded​ I'm getting this exact same behaviour with very similar components (powered Dell kvm monitor, work-controlled Dell Latitude 5550, and Alienware R15). 

    Very frustrating since I assumed having all Dell components would make things more compatible  :-(

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    Posted January 6th, 2026 07:01

    I've been having the same issue as of recently. I have a KVM switch it's connected to and it works perfectly fine on my Non Dell/Alienware laptop but when I swap it over to the desktop (Aurora R16) it starts causing issues. I thought it was my mouse as well but I remember that my mouse is connected to the keyboard meaning the keyboard alone is shutting off and restarting randomly. None of the power management stuff helps either. Figured if it was the switch then the monitors would also go black but they don't so I have no idea at this point.