steedsofwar

Thanks for all the support, mate. You're absolutely right that what the previews show are not what you actually get when closing iCue. It's a shame, since they fans can obviously show us the effect just fine, but can't remember them without iCue. I've resorted to a static white (my case and a few components are white) when I close iCue. The rainbow wave is really my chosen effect but fails on closing the app. Other effects do stick, but I'm not sold on them. https://imgur.com/a/zQbRV2Z

Color shift sticks. Static colour sticks. A couple others do, too. But not the one I want, which is rainbow wave. LOL. When you choose an incompatible effect, it defaults to the multicolour cycle effect that I described before.

Thanks champ.

I just tested it and while CPU usage appears to be lower in task manager, Ryzen Master is still showing high voltage usage, locking my voltage to the max voltage I set in BIOS, the same voltage required to pass extreme stress tests. As soon as I kill iCue, voltage steps down again. Thanks for trying, though. Look forward to a future update. For now, I will stick to a static lighting option in hardware lighting in iCue and close iCue until new updates.

Sorry I meant to reply sooner but I got busy. Interesting information, thanks. So when I select rainbow wave, it defaults to some other effect that isn't listed, when I exit iCue. The effect works quite well, in that it isn't disjointed or slow on the QLs and faster on the SPs. It starts with the first QL fan art the front of the case (280mm rad), then the second QL also at the front, then the two exhaust SPs on a 240mm rad, and then the final SP (set to intake, filtered), and then back to the QLs at the front. It's a colour that goes through all these fans in that order, and cycles all the colours of the spectrum, in order. So it's a multicolour affair, per cycle. It isn't like the colour shift effect, from iCue's list. The rattling is mostly gone, but I hear it randomly appear when I least expect it. I have some LLs on its way but honestly, the cooling in getting with this case and with this setup, I'm happy to tolerate the occasional rattle from the fans. It is most apparent at the very low RPMs.

That's great news. Will report back once I've tested it. As of today, iCue wouldn't let any of my cores sleep and would prevent my voltage levels on my OC from stepping down to save energy and efficiency of the chip during idle. Ryzen 5 3600. iCue and Battlenet appear to be two apps on my list that I had to uninstall for this problem. But iCue I need for my RGB QL fan setup.

So I can only assume that due to mix matching types of fans, the software won't remember some sequences but others it can. It remembers cycling of colours or a fixed colour. But I like the rainbow vomit LOL. Hate me all you want. But the software doesn't remember this setting.

Unfortunately, it reverts to a fixed sequence when closing and exiting iCue. Even if I set a specific effect in Hardware lighting tab. Worse still, these QL140s are making a very annoying rattling sound. I'm in the UK and thought is it better to contact Amazon or Corsair directly. I got them off Amazon. Is this noise expected? They are mounted as intakes on a 280mm radiator.

Ah thanks that's what I was after cheers

And 3. Do you know why the fans don't remember what they were set to, if I close and exit iCue? I was under the impression that these fans would save the setting, even if closed. Hardware backed, or something.

Thanks for the very useful reply. I'm glad I can just use the core for them both, despite some minor lighting issues that it may create. I have it setup as 2 QLs at front so 1 2, then the SPs as 3 4 and 5. I take it I must instruct iCue. 1. What would I need to choose there, for the most coherent sequence? 2. Link is less resource intensive than iCue, lets my processor sleep in idle unlike iCue. But I can't find a version of Link that handles lights. Could you point me to a download for it please?

I read Zotty's thread on Corsair RGB hardware. Lots of information so a bit overwhelmed. I digested what I could. I also saw him comment that the QL and SP Pro fans CAN be mixed but RGB effects will look naff. I'm not so interested in the final effect. I just don't want to damage something. That's all. Someone mentioned that you can fool the Link software to believe they are all different fans or LED strips and will then work. Again, I just need to know if it is harmful for the PC or the fans, to wire them all to the same core and if it can even be done, without extra hardware.

Just bought a Corsair 220T with the three included case fans SP RGB Pro. I then got two single QL140 RGBs for my Cryorig 280mm AIO. I've never done anything RGB before so I don't wanna fry these expensive LEDs. Please help. Ryzen 5 3600. AsRock B550M Pro4. Crucial Ballistix 3600mhz RAM 2x 16GB. 1080Ti FE with Kraken mod hooked up to a Corsair H80i V2. Using Corsair SP120s in push pull, the silent editions. SanDisk 1TB SSD. Corsair RM650W 80 Plus Gold.