I've got a Razer Nostromo on my main PC that I use for gaming, but after the Windows 8 install, the Razer programming software won't recognize the pad. It shows up correctly under devices, but the programming software gives the error of "No Razer Nostromo Connected. Application will close now." and then exits.
So far I've tried pretty much all the compatiblity options (admin, winxp, win7, etc). I've tried both the drivers that came with the pad, and I've also tried the drivers that Windows pulls down from the repository. I even went so far as to install several virtual machine packages (Hyper-V, Vmware & VirtualBox) + windows xp (only one I can force the pad over to the virtual machine with is Virtualbox, and it works perfectly under that VM, software detects it, and will program it, but once you switch OUT of VB, it reverts to the default programming).
At one time I had the older version of this pad (Belkin N52TE), and it stored the settings in nvram on the pad, I could move it over to my laptop and the programming moved with it. But for whatever reason, Razer decided to remove the nvram and make it completely dependent on their software for programming .
Anybody out there got one of these, and were able to get the Razer software to recognize it on Windows 8? Or anybody have any ideas on making it work?
So far I've tried pretty much all the compatiblity options (admin, winxp, win7, etc). I've tried both the drivers that came with the pad, and I've also tried the drivers that Windows pulls down from the repository. I even went so far as to install several virtual machine packages (Hyper-V, Vmware & VirtualBox) + windows xp (only one I can force the pad over to the virtual machine with is Virtualbox, and it works perfectly under that VM, software detects it, and will program it, but once you switch OUT of VB, it reverts to the default programming).
At one time I had the older version of this pad (Belkin N52TE), and it stored the settings in nvram on the pad, I could move it over to my laptop and the programming moved with it. But for whatever reason, Razer decided to remove the nvram and make it completely dependent on their software for programming .
Anybody out there got one of these, and were able to get the Razer software to recognize it on Windows 8? Or anybody have any ideas on making it work?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Window 8/Windows 7 Dual Boot