Media Keys Not working

[Liammail7]

Hey all,

I recently purchased a CM Storm Quickfire XT Stealth (Green Switch) Limited Edition keyboard from amazon

 

for the past 2 weeks it has worked flawlessly until just now... 

the F5-F8 keys that control Play/Pause, Stop, previous track and next track stopped.

F9-F12 all work fine and those buttons also have second functions (windows key lock, volume up/down and mute)

 

Heres where i get confused, when i attempt to use F5-F8 my cursor gets the spinny blue loading wheel that windows seven offers

 

what can I do?  is there a way to "reset" the keyboard or something?

[Liammail7]

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[Liammail7]

anyone?

[Liammail7]

all your help is really appreciated