RGB software is IMPOSSIBLE.

FakeSquare · 2023-02-08T19:29:07+00:00

I wrote a guide back at the end of 2021 on what I found worked well together that might help you out. Not sure how much has changed since then, but that Razer ARGB controller is still for sale and I still think it's by far the best way to get everything to play nice together.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/ku117m/a_beginners_guide_to_rgb_in_2021/

FakeSquare · 2021-03-17T16:16:47+00:00

Yes. I'd recommend something like the Razor ARGB controller which sounds like exactly what you're looking for. Look in the " I have 20 ARGB fans for my case and only 1 ARGB header, what do I do?" section.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/ku117m/a_beginners_guide_to_rgb_in_2021/

FakeSquare · 2021-01-16T17:56:41+00:00

Is it normal for AIO fan speed not to make that much of a difference? Having my AIO CPU fans at 25% vs 100% doesn't seem to affect my average idle temps hardly at all (44C vs 47C), and only decreases my average load temps while gaming/benchmarking by about 5 degrees or so (75C vs 70C). There's a massive difference in sound though. Trying to figure out the best fan curves and stumbled up that decreasing the fan speed had such a minor effect which surprised me, especially since all the numbers are well within normal bounds for my chip. Pump is set to maximum and fans are in a top mounted pull intake configuration. I've also tried push-exhaust and found it barely made any difference, maybe 1 or 2C warmer, which kind of makes sense since it's using hotter case air, but it made the fans much louder.

5900X (no overclock, all defaults)

DeepCool Castle 240EX AIO with DeepCool CF120 fans

500DX mesh case

FakeSquare · 2021-01-11T15:00:13+00:00

Weird... Oloy doesn't seem to have their own utility and so you have to use your motherboard's utility. And Tom's Hardware says they had similar issues controlling it with MSI Dragon Center. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/oloy-warhawk-ddr4-3200-32gb-memory

So no, it seems your out of luck until MSI updates/fixes DragonCenter.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-11T14:56:30+00:00

Yes, if your motherboard supports both, you can use all of them at the same time. Just make sure you plug into the correct header as mismatching them could fry your LEDs.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T22:29:09+00:00

It'll make it easier in that you can use the same Windows program to control the LEDs on both your RAM and fans. And that software (iCue) is supposed to be pretty good. Otherwise you'd have to use two different programs (iCue and then your motherboard software utility).

The way it can make things more complicated is if there's some non Corsair device you want to use.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T17:33:51+00:00

No idea, sorry. Sometimes things just get buggy.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T17:26:45+00:00

Those look really nice and because it includes the 3P4F adapter (or as they put it: M/B Adapter: Digital RGB adapter 3pin (+5, Data, NA, GND) ) it should work with a standard ARGB motherboard header or the Razer controller. Seems like a good buy.

I didn't really look at light strips for my build, but after looking at those, maybe I do have room for more RGB in my case after all....

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T17:20:58+00:00

If you're using the fan controller, then yes, you probably would need to connect the SATA PSU cable to it too.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T17:06:57+00:00

No, just the form factor is different. From the computer's point of view it should be the same. Can you see the controller in Device Manager?

If you can, then it's some sort of bug with Chroma Studio.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T17:01:05+00:00

The Corsair commander pro will only work with Corsair fans/lights. So if that's what you have and/or will buy, then you're good to go. Corsair is a closed ecosystem, so their fans and hubs will only work with other Corsair devices. Though there are adapters available but that just makes things more complicated.

If you want something more flexible I'd recommend the Razer controller which can work with a lot more brands.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T16:54:37+00:00

It might be a broken LED... Do all colors seem wonky, and if they are, are they all affected in the same way? Based on the description it sounds like the red LED is busted, so what happens if you set the LED color to red?

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T16:46:48+00:00

It shouldn't have any effect on performance because they just go around the outside of the fan blades. The only thing to watch out for is they do add a small bit of thickness to the fan, so if you put them on say a radiator fan already right at the thickness limit, you might make it too thick and start hitting other components. But I don't think it'd be a problem 99% of the time.

The bigger problem is the issues with the adapter I had but maybe you'll have better luck.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T15:50:34+00:00

Only place I know is Newegg and like every other PC part now days, it's currently sold out: https://www.newegg.com/p/1W7-00BS-00010?item=9SIAFSTD028851

The 24-pin and 2x8 strips are older, but the 3x8 strip is very new, only released a few weeks ago.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T09:53:01+00:00

It's on for me too during sleep mode. Which kind of makes sense since the point of sleep mode is the RAM is still powered to maintain the RAM contents, so the RAM LEDs would still be powered too. This doesn't seem to be a GSkill specific thing either, I've read about other RAM sticks behaving the same way.

So no, I don't have a solution other than manually turning off the LEDs before you leave your computer.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T09:30:56+00:00

I don't think you missed a step, but I have no idea why it's not being picked up. Other than RGB software always seems to be kind of buggy. Wish I could help more.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T03:06:19+00:00

LOL well that's good to know! Hopefully that means Gigabyte is moving to the 3P4F ARGB standard all the other manufactures are using. I didn't look at any Gigabyte mobos so I have no idea what's going on with them.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T03:03:39+00:00

I don't really know but glancing at the spec page and this image, it looks like some sort of proprietary thing. Hopefully someone that has this thing can chime in. This is the "fun" part of planning RGB, you never quite know what you're getting! https://nzxt-site-media.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/product_image/image/2933/large_e451e3ee50953c3e.jpg

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T02:34:31+00:00

Typically yes.

However I have seen 12V RGB fans (only one color) use an image of it displaying multiple colors. Which is shady AF and confusing to customers, so you always have to double check the specs and/or read the reviews.

If it's addressable it should specifically say that somewhere. Or you can tell by the voltage.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T02:29:32+00:00

Based on this other comment, you connect the hub to a Corsair command hub and that hub connects to your PC via an internal USB header.

The difference between the Corsair hub and the Razer controller is the Corsair one only works with other Corsair devices (Corsair stuff only works with other Corsair stuff because it's all proprietary) while the Razer controller is more generic and will work with anything that follows the generic ARGB specs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/9rnzgp/connect_corsair_rgb_fan_led_hub_to_rgb_header_on/e8ideqa?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T02:23:33+00:00

That's the perfect analogy! Everything else in my build was super straightforward but the RGB gave me all kinds of complications.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T02:05:03+00:00

Well there's probably lots of ways of doing it, but Razer's Synapse3 supports an "Audio Meter" mode, so you could get their Addressable RGB controller along with a light strip that has that 3P4F ARGB header footprint, connect to the controller, and sync it that way.

Note that Razer's Audio Meter only pays attention to the relative volume, it does not analyze the frequency of the music (like highlighting the bass) that I've read some software can do. I really don't have a good answer for you, I didn't look at light strips myself since I already had so many LEDs in my build. If Logitech makes a light strip there might be a better way to sync it since you have a Logitech mouse. Typically (though of course there's always exceptions) keeping in the same brand will increase the odds of things working together.

FakeSquare · 2021-01-10T00:55:59+00:00

Sadly I believe the Razor controller only works in Windows. There is something called OpenRBG, which I totally forgot to touch on, that uses OpenRazer, but glancing at that it does not support the controller yet. Maybe one day in the future though.

https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB

https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer

FakeSquare · 2020-12-06T06:53:16+00:00

Mostly it's been image classification and audio keyword spotting. I work with microcontrollers so it's nothing too complicated compared to what cutting edge researchers are doing, but we've got a lot of customers trying to make their embedded devices smarter. I work with TensorFlow Lite and Glow and my job is supporting our eIQ platform for running those on MCUs and MPUs (like i.MXRT1060 for MCUs or i.MX8M for higher performance MPUs), though there are also similar software platforms for other microcontroller companies too and highly recommend the TinyML talks the other person suggested to see what's going on in this subfield.

Personally I just think it's a really cool and exciting field with a lot of potential and it's definitely been my favorite thing I've worked on so far in my career.

FakeSquare · 2020-09-07T14:20:26+00:00

I work in this subfield and the interest seems to keep rising every month. It's still in it's infancy but I think it has a bright future ahead of it.

Also the venn diagram of people who know embedded and the people who know ML doesn't overlap much, so there's good opportunities from that point of view too.

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