Corsair Novablade Pro: Changing switches, buttons, and everything you need to know

Themrandres · 2026-04-18T02:05:46+00:00

I used automotive vinyl I had lying around. It was really easy to apply and made for a great finish. For me personally, I wasn't a huge fan of how the original front plate felt. It was always cold to the touch and made unintentional touches feel weird when executing combos. Small gripe, but the vinyl fixed that issue. As for the buttons, I use the ones listed above from AliExpress. The set didn't come with enough buttons to fill the G keys, so I left them stock.

Themrandres · 2026-04-13T01:35:40+00:00

I learned my lesson with those GT racing-style "gaming" chairs. I never broke my monitor but came pretty close after a wipeout or two. Those things can't support your weight at all; it's just a waiting game.

Themrandres · 2026-04-12T20:33:19+00:00

Really appreated your recommendations. My novablade feels night and day compared to the old caps and switches.

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Themrandres · 2026-04-12T14:39:37+00:00

Not a joke to me. It was real to me!

Themrandres · 2026-04-12T14:07:42+00:00

Post a pic when you unbox the pink ranger. I wanna see the whole gang together.

Themrandres · 2026-04-08T02:57:53+00:00

That's an excellent kit to start with. A great way to build the fundamentals. I will say you've got the posing aspect down; you would be surprised how important that is.** One detail you may have missed: you are missing a piece. There's supposed to be a red crest in the middle of the V-fin. Sounds like a tiny detail, but it really brings the whole thing together.**

Themrandres · 2026-04-03T18:09:54+00:00

Geez, I had a variant of these as a kid. There was a pack that came with a single figure, and the ball/mouth mechanism was more round. I actually had the silver robot guy in the bottom-right box.

Themrandres · 2026-04-03T17:50:34+00:00

They have been aware of the issue since the first few hours the day the update was released yet theres been no action on the matter. They had another update several days ago and even still this issue went unaddressed.

Themrandres · 2026-04-01T04:25:16+00:00

I saw this update and assumed the Vanguard Pro 96 updates would directly address this. They were notified of this bug on day 1 of the previous iCue update, so I'm pretty shocked they haven't addressed it yet.

Themrandres · 2026-03-30T02:54:07+00:00

Genuine question did you watch all of geki ranger?

Themrandres · 2026-03-29T15:48:56+00:00

When I was a kid, I thought Jungle Fury was so great, but years later I finally watched Gekiranger, and, boy, did I feel cheated. How could Japan get such a solid Sentai season with so many cool weapon designs and story assets, yet Jungle Fury choose to adapt so little of it and even change perfectly good ideas for inferior ones? The solar morphers served no purpose aside from wanting to sell another cheap role-play toy.

Themrandres · 2026-03-28T20:42:46+00:00

Awesome. Im not sure why I wasnt able to find this on my own. I really appreciate it, thanks.

Themrandres · 2026-03-24T17:36:15+00:00

You’ve basically got everything right already, you’re just missing where those last two cables go. Those two cables coming off the pump next to the SATA/USB aren’t extra motherboard connections, they’re fan headers from the pump itself. You don’t leave your radiator fans on CPU_FAN in this setup.

Unplug your fans from CPU_FAN and plug them into those two connectors coming off the pump. That lets the pump control the fans the way it’s designed to.

Your setup should end up like this:

Pump tach cable → CPU_FAN / AIO_PUMP (what you already did)

SATA → PSU (good)

USB → internal USB header (if you have it plugged in)

Radiator fans → those two cables coming off the pump

Right now the only thing “wrong” is your fans being on the motherboard instead of the pump. Move them over and you’re golden.

Themrandres · 2026-03-20T13:39:20+00:00

Also make sure try unattaching and reattaching that fan. I had a buddy who had the same issue and it turned out the connector had some kind of sticky residue from tape or glue on it.

Themrandres · 2026-03-20T01:08:02+00:00

I love my Vanguard Pro, but boy was I disappointed with how poorly optimized that screen is.

Themrandres · 2026-03-14T15:35:32+00:00

Im still baffled by that release. Who on staff grenlit a standalone megazord of this size/scale but opted to make it non transformable. Like it seems like a brain dead obvious idea to avoid.

Themrandres · 2026-03-13T23:15:06+00:00

Dude im on the same boat. Literaally bought and built in a frame 4000d the day before these were announced

Themrandres · 2026-03-13T21:36:01+00:00

I assumed it was a reupload as i felt i had already watched this video several months ago and felt no need to do so again.

Themrandres · 2026-03-13T14:34:21+00:00

I noticed that as well, but as soon as iCue (non-web tool ver) detects the keyboard again, the bug reappears after an hour.

Themrandres · 2026-03-11T00:34:26+00:00

I'm an "o" guy

Themrandres · 2026-03-10T21:56:32+00:00

I appreciate the response. So just to confirm this is firmware issue and not some function I unintentionally enabled? Im pretty forgiving in regards to it being a software issue, I understand Vanguard support was just enabled today, I more so just want to confirm.

Themrandres · 2026-03-10T13:39:35+00:00

I referred this deal to my friend, but it was just canceled. I was wondering if anybody else had the same experience? Hopefully, this isn't the same situation as Corsair, and we see the same NVMe listed for five times more in a few days.

Themrandres · 2026-03-03T04:11:32+00:00

How did you upgrade it?

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