rgbiscooler Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I just built a new rig with almost everything Corsair, an Asus ROG Strix Z790-E motherboard and a Lian-Li Dynamic Evo RGB case. Everything is working great in iCue with the exception of one thing and I'm hoping I can get some advice about which way to solve this. The Asus motherboard integrates just fine via the plugin for iCue, however, only its AuraSync 4-pin RGB header is controllable in iCue (the 3 3-pin ARGB connections are not). My Lian-Li case's RGB connector is a 3-pin ARGB. My question is this, what's the better approach to hook up the case connector so it's seen in iCue? 1. Use a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter and connect it directly to the motherboard's AuraSync RGB header? 2. Get the iCue Link GPU RGB Adapter and plug directly into my existing iCue Link hub? I've been out of the loop on all this connection stuff for a while so I'm not sure if either of these is going to work. I just know that I'm going to need to connect the case in a way OTHER than its native 3-in ARGB connector. TIA for any wisdom you've got for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 7 hours ago, rgbiscooler said: Use a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter and connect it directly to the motherboard's AuraSync RGB header? That is one option. It will become part of Armory Crate's control. You will not be able to control it through CUE and will need to set a specific pattern in AC and leave it. 7 hours ago, rgbiscooler said: Get the iCue Link GPU RGB Adapter and plug directly into my existing iCue Link hub? No, don't do this. That adapter is weird. You would think it's simply an actual connection adapter, but it turns anything connected into a "16 LED Hydro X GPU", regardless of the actual number of LEDs. What you probably want is a 3rd party adapter to connect the LED strip to a Corsair controller. I assume the EVO is 30 LEDs like other O11 models. Then you tell CUE you have 3x10 LED strips and it acts like a Corsair device. However, you do need a LED channel on a CUE controller. Lighting Node Pro and Commander Pro devices have two. A Commander XT has one. I am not sure what you have in the case right now for controllers, but possible none of the above which means you still need a Corsair controller and this option becomes more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgbiscooler Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Ok thanks for your input here. After more research, I kinda came to the same conclusion and ordered a 3 pin ARGB to Corsair connecter for a Lighting Node Pro I have. The case has two strips, 47 LEDs a piece so I'm not sure how that's all gonna play out, but once I get the adapter cable, I'll hook it all up and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 8 minutes ago, rgbiscooler said: ordered a 3 pin ARGB to Corsair connecter for a Lighting Node Pro I have. The case has two strips, 47 LEDs a piece Oh, they upped the LED count from the prior case. No matter. You'll need to tell the LN Pro you have "external RGB strips" connected. This brings up the LS100 external strip choice matrix of 250mm/350/450 and 1m strips. You simply need to choose the best combination to make 94 LEDs or slightly more. That's probably going to be 450mm x 4 at 27 LEDs each. I think the 350mm strip is only 21 LEDs and you can't do x5. You can do 350x2 and 450x2 is to get slightly closer. Edited March 9 by c-attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgbiscooler Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 24 minutes ago, c-attack said: Oh, they upped the LED count from the prior case. No matter. You'll need to tell the LN Pro you have "external RGB strips" connected. This brings up the LS100 external strip choice matrix of 250mm/350/450 and 1m strips. You simply need to choose the best combination to make 94 LEDs or slightly more. That's probably going to be 450mm x 4 at 27 LEDs each. I think the 350mm strip is only 21 LEDs and you can't do x5. You can do 350x2 and 450x2 is to get slightly closer. Ok cool that is super helpful thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaiseP Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 This is how I do it using a Commander Pro. I choose the "Lighting Setup" as x RGB Strips to approximate (always over) the actual number of LEDs I have connected on the channel. Then under the "Lighting Channel", I set a custom "Quick Lighting Zone" entry which is exactly the number of LEDs I have on that channel and use that when defining my lighting layers. You'll only need to define the custom zone once per channel (the Commander Pro has two) as ICUE saved your custom zone. eg. I have a channel connected to the LEDs of a Lian Li O11D XL case extended with a Phanteks Glacier D120 Distro plate. Case LEDs = 28, Distro plate = 10, total of 38 LEDs, Lighting Channel set to 4 x LED strips (10 each totalling 40 LEDs), Custom "Quick Lighting Zone" defined as 38 LEDs and finally, When adding a Lighting Layer, use the custom Lighting Zone for the exact number of LEDs on the channel. This is only for the software-controlled lighting, the hardware lighting is defined by the Lighting Channel setup. In the above example, 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgbiscooler Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, BlaiseP said: This is how I do it using a Commander Pro. I choose the "Lighting Setup" as x RGB Strips to approximate (always over) the actual number of LEDs I have connected on the channel. Then under the "Lighting Channel", I set a custom "Quick Lighting Zone" entry which is exactly the number of LEDs I have on that channel and use that when defining my lighting layers. You'll only need to define the custom zone once per channel (the Commander Pro has two) as ICUE saved your custom zone. eg. I have a channel connected to the LEDs of a Lian Li O11D XL case extended with a Phanteks Glacier D120 Distro plate. Case LEDs = 28, Distro plate = 10, total of 38 LEDs, Lighting Channel set to 4 x LED strips (10 each totalling 40 LEDs), Custom "Quick Lighting Zone" defined as 38 LEDs and finally, When adding a Lighting Layer, use the custom Lighting Zone for the exact number of LEDs on the channel. This is only for the software-controlled lighting, the hardware lighting is defined by the Lighting Channel setup. In the above example, 40. Ok this is super helpful too. I do have a Commander Pro in my old PC I could snag but I've just hooked up the simple Lighting Node Pro and will see if what you describe can be done with that too. What kind of ARGB 3 pin adapters are you using to convert the connector to the Commander Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaiseP Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 19 minutes ago, rgbiscooler said: What kind of ARGB 3 pin adapters are you using to convert the connector to the Commander Pro? I use PirateDog Tech adapters - find them from the link I provided or on his eBay store. I also have some EZE-Fab adapters - available on Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgbiscooler Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Just an update - the lighting node pro did the trick. My case strips are now working in iCue with the tips you guys gave above. Thanks a ton for this help! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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