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Regarding Corsair keyboard macros (such as the K70), do keyboard macro inputs come from the actual physical keyboard itself (i.e. through the USB cable/port)? Or does it come from the Corsair software installed on the computer? And how about Corsair mice, do macro inputs source from the peripheral itself (over USB) or via the Corsair software?

So it just hard powered off completely? Or did it restart? Were you monitoring your temps? It could've potentially been a thermal shutdown to protect your hardware, like if a heatsink wasn't making full contact. As for the "ugliness" of the PCI-e power cables, you could buy one of these, which would significantly improve the appearance (though you might want to paint it white to match your case): EVGA PowerLink It looks like it's even on sale, normally $20, now $5 with free one-day shipping (I have no connection with Amazon or EVGA) You could also try displaying your GPU vertically with a riser/extender, combined with the PowerLink. Another option is to embrace the cabling, albeit in a fashionable way with sleeved color power cables. CableMod is the most well-known company that makes these, though Corsair eventually started selling some of their own. Be warned however that you must only use cables that are designed for whatever specific PSU you're using, they're not interchangeable (at least not without some electrical knowledge). Just a few ideas.

How can we disable iCUE's use of the GPU? Not sure why this is necessary, but iCUE has a constant presence/activity on the GPU, even when minimized to tray. Applications that do this usually give a user option to disable GPU/hardware acceleration, instead "software" (CPU) processing only. I'd rather iCUE not use my GPU, especially having a CPU that's more than able to handle any of iCUE's processing needs. I'm on the latest iCUE currently (v4.10.273), though this issue isn't exclusive to this version. TIA

Ah, that makes sense about the thicker wires preceding the pigtail split. What about the pins at the PSU side, are those heavier duty too? Again, I'm just asking this for understanding, not debating anything.

What's the risk of making my own +2 Sense/Ground wires? All I'd be doing is taking a 6-pin cable and adding the +2 pins/wires to it, and since those pins never carry current over them in the first place, I would think this shouldn't be anything difficult or risky -- unless I'm missing something on the spec. Is there more to the extra +2 pins/wires (Sense + Ground) in an 8-pin that would conflict with soldered wires?

Thanks. A good suggestion, but I'm doing this both as a simple quick custom-cabling exercise, and then also so I don't have to pay or wait for more cables. From what I've gathered, it seems not having the capacitor won't have any noticeable negative effect (correct me if I'm wrong). Second, the two wires that get combined into a single pin on the PSU side of the cablemod pro cable are the "Sense" pins, which are fine if they each go to separate ground pins at the PSU instead of being conjoined together into a single ground pin (which would mean only 7 of 8 pins would be populated at the PSU). So, short of me overlooking something,, as long as I'm making absolute sure I'm correctly wiring source->destination pins (knowing that PSU-side pinouts are not standardized), I should theoretically be okay modding a 6-pin cable into an 8-pin connector, having the two extra sense pins (pins 5 & 6) each go to separate ground pins on the PSU-side connector. Anything I'm missing or overlooking on this?

I'm still confused on this. Theoretically (and just out of curiosity), how can pigtail cables withstand the same amount of current when they have half as many wires connected at the source (PSU)? Wouldn't that still put too much current on the pins/wires at the source, whether or not there's a pigtail "diffusing" things downstream? Again, just curious.

I've seen others mention this about the pigtails and it confuses me -- isn't it still essentially 300W flowing through the mere 8-wires that plug into the PSU, vs. the 16-wires by using separate cables?

I have an RMx850 and a Cablemod Pro pack of cables, but I need an extra 8-pin cable which I don't have. I'm wondering if I can chop up the cables I won't use, like the 6-pin cable and molex cables, etc. to make another 8-pin cable out of them. It seems to me like it shouldn't be a problem, until I noticed that my 8-pin cables both combine two wires/pins on the PCIe end into a single wire/pin on the PSU end, leaving one of the pin/ports open on the 8-pin's PSU connector. From what I'm gathering, it seems there may be a capacitor inside where these wires are merged (beneath the shrink tubing)? If so, would I be OK making an extra 8-pin cable without this capacitor, or is it pretty necessary? What would be the effects or outcome if I made an 8-pin cable without it?

I have iCUE set to start automatically when my computer starts, which it does, minimized to the system tray (Windows 10). When I open iCUE's main program window however, it seems it's not possible to minimize it back to tray. Minimizing it merely minimizes it to the taskbar, and if I X out of it, it closes it altogether and my current lighting settings revert. Am I overlooking a Minimize-to-tray option? If not, could this please be added?

I know it's been a minute, but this is awesome idea/work. Did anyone continue on in this, any further progress?