mstern

Hi, I got a MacBook Pro (M1) a couple days ago. It is running MacOS 11.1 Big Sur. I am trying to use my old K95 RGB keyboard and Scimitar mouse with it. Both the keyboard and mouse have the latest firmware. I successfully installed the iCue software and the keyboard and mouse basically work, but I do have two problems. 1. Neither are recognized by iCue after I reboot the laptop until I unplug and then replug them in -- after doing that they show up in iCue...until I restart the laptop. 2. I can program the G Keys in iCue, but they don't actually do anything. For example, I have G18 programmed as a keystroke shift-F8 (my push-to-talk key for Discord) but it doesn't do anything when I press it. I have used this set-up for years (on my PC), so I know that is at least set up in iCue correctly and *should* work. If I manually press the actual shift-F8 key combo in Discord that works fine, so I know it's not something I'm doing wrong in Discord. Any ideas or recommendations appreciated! Thanks, Marc

Thanks for the answer!

Hi, I have an HX750i. USB connected and icue shows voltages, temp, etc. I was reading online about single rail and multi rail, and I think I understand the difference and which I want to use. However, in my research, I found a number of posts that show a different looking multi rail display in iCue. Mine looks like this (basically just a toggle switch between multi and single): Should it look more like this? (I realize this screen capture is from a different model so the specifics will be different -- it's just I have *none* of those settings/readings):

Well, since temps were getting so hi, in the end (after trying a couple different methods of OC'ing) I just set everything back to "normal" except I did change (which was not part of either OC'ing method I'd tried) the first setting in the bios (something like "CPU Upgrade" or similar I think) to "Gaming" and it's been like that since. Played World of Warcraft last night for a couple hours (about 20% CPU load) with that setting and the CPU was at 5.0GHZ, stable, and a reasonable temp. I didn't note vCPU in iCue at the time of trying the "real" OC'ing. For what it's worth, sitting here idle right now it's ranging from 0.97v to 1.25v -- varies quite a bit. After I install the GPU waterblock tomorrow, I'll try OC'ing again and definitely pay attention to the vCPU in iCue! Thanks!

Thank you so much for that reply! I won't take it off and re-thermal paste it or anything then. I'm not worried about a degree or two -- I thought something was grossly wrong -- nice to hear it isn't. The GPU and waterblock show up tomorrow, so excited to see the difference. Thanks again!

- I9-9900K. Gigabyte z390 Aorus Master. - XD5 pump/res. XC7 CPU Water block. - 680x Case. - 1x240mm radiator and 1x120mm radiator. (water cooling for GPU to be added soon….). Everything seems to be setup correctly in iCue, and works as described in instructions and in forum posts. I don’t think the CPU water block is transferring heat from the CPU as much as it should, and was looking for any advice or other thoughts before I remove it, re-thermal paste it, and try to put it back on. Idle, the CPU temperature (using Speccy) is around 31C. Coolant temperature around 30C. Yesterday, I tried my first attempts at moderate overclocking. Used OCCT to get the CPU to 100%. Depending on the specifics of the OC settings, the CPU would get up to anywhere between 75C and 90C or so. The coolant would slowly climb up to around 34C – 35C only. The fans on the radiators (set up as “Hydro X Fans” would kick on around 34.5C or so – just as they are supposed to from what I’ve read. They only get up to around 500rpm and steady-out there. It would seem that if the CPU is that hot, the coolant should be getting hotter than it does (if the CPU waterblock is installed and good thermal connectivity), right?

Update: I took the XD5 res/pump out of the box. Holding the res/pump on top of the mounting bracket and just holding it in place where I think it will go, it looks like it will work! Definitely won't fit (not enough vertical room) with the GPU horizontal. With the GPU vertical, however, it looks like it will fit just fine. Fingers crossed it goes okay this weekend. I'll post a picture when done!

Thanks, GregX! Those are both really helpful. The second link looks like a different situation -- appears his GPU is much shorter and makes it relatively easy to fit the res/pump. The first one, however, looks like my situation almost exactly. What I can't tell though, from the picture or the reddit discussion, is how the res/pump is physically attached to the case or fans (or something else...) in that positioning. Doesn't look like the bracket would line up with the screw holes on the back of a fan.

Thanks, c-attack. I'd read about putting it in the back part where the PSU and storage devices are (I think that's what you're saying). I was hoping to avoid that because I really wanted to see the res -- just because I think it looks nice. Maybe I'll have to reconsider. I'm going to try to include a picture with this reply so that others might see what I probably poorly explained above. The green line is the end of the GPU (again, around 2 inches from there to the front fans) and the white box at the top is where another fan will go. Please don't get too offended by the mess of cables -- it was built last week knowing I'd be taking it apart and starting over this coming weekend with the water cooling :)

New to water cooling. I've watched a bunch of videos and read a bunch of things in the last week or so in preparation. Learned a ton; probably a lot still to learn. Bottom line: I can not figure out how I will mount the pump/res combo unit in this case (given how long my video card is). I bought a 680x case a week or so ago. It's set up and working great with a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master MB, i9900 CPU, 4x8GB of Vengeance Pro rgb ram, the 3 LL120 rgbs in the front that came with the case, 1 LL120 rgb in the rear, 1 LL120 rgb in the top, and a H115i RGB Pro XT CPU cooler with the radiator mounted in the bottom. I have an EVGA RTX2080S FTW3. Just a temporary setup while waiting for all the parts to try setting up water cooling this coming weekend. I have a Corsair XD5 pump/res combo. And, I plan to have a single 120mm radiator on the back, 240mm radiator on the bottom, and two regular 120mm fans on the top. Here's the problem: With this very long video card mounted normally, it goes all the way to within about 2 inches of the front fans. The space above the backplate of the video card, to the left of the front fans, to the top of the case (where there will be a fan mounted), to the right of the RAM sticking out from the MB forms the "boxed" open area where typical pump/res combos are mounted. No way it would fit there! Even if it could, it wouldn't line up with the front fans, which is where I think the mounting bracket would go (since there's no front radiator). So, I bought a vertical mount cable for my video card thinking in that position it would create a lot more room in the open area "box." It looks like it will, and probably enough to fit the pump/res in that area like that. But, how would I actually mount it in there with no radiator or anything else obvious to mount it to? Sorry for the long-winded question. I'm trying to be sufficiently descriptive. If I've failed, I'll try to figure out how to post a picture that would probably clarify the problem. Thanks in advance for any advice!