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I recently purchased a used msi 2060 ventus oc from a local and it was working fine for the first day, nothing wrong was happening clocks were stock, no crashes. I go and shut down my pc to sleep for the night then, the next morning I turn it on it has the cpu and dram leds blinking. I reset the...

I have a 5v led strip but I'm quite unsure how I could connect it to my motherboard as it seems to be 12v. The motherboard is an Asus prime b450-plus. Could something bad happen if I do connect it? Or is there a way to change the voltage?

Hello! I just built my first pc everything went smooth until it was time to power it on. I'll list some parts in the build: Ryzen 7x Rog strix b550-e MSI gaming trio 3070 ti First start up I got the q code error 02. Second start up and for a few times after q code was d9. I have bios flask back...

Simply put, I cannot get this software to work with my LED strips. Armoury Crate will work with my entire system. I am able to do all of the basic lighting effects to my entire system and sync them together. My entire system is running in a static color, rainbow, wave, or whatever preset option...

Just to start off, this is an old rig. It's my first computer and I built it in 2014 and haven't changed any internal components since; excepting the addition of two HDDs, one a hand-me-down 70GB Western Digital early on and the other a new 500GB Western Digital within the past 2 years. I have...

I've recently bought myself an asrock h470 steel legend motherboard coupled with an i5 11400 and 2x8 ddr4 gskill aegis 3000mhz ram only to find that after trying to boot up my pc...it wouldn't boot... The fans would spin and all, there'd be rgb led's all over the place but no image. Only the...

I have a ASRock B550M Steel Legend and recently my motherboard's RGB lights started to randomly blink, i've always had it at full red. I filmed it. First it started to randomly decrease the brightness of the LEDs, then it would blink a greenish color (second video), now it blinks a blue color...

What is the meaning of this yellow light inside my computer's tower? View: https://i.imgur.com/tzF3wEp.png It is blinking constantly and it's basically been there since I got the computer. It blinks slowly though. Is it maybe related to a WIFI PCIe card or something?

Are there any LED strips that I can hang around my room that I can buy on Amazon and can control with my PC without an Arduino? I can't seem to find anything on Amazon.

Hi, recently built my gaming rig and chose a B550 Tomahawk featuring 2 ARGB Headers. First (JRAINBOW1) is used for 3 propitiatory 6-pin argb case fans (which are also connected to PSU via SATA, each fan 18 LEDs/1.8W - is all power drawn by PSU, or also by mobo?) and the second one (JRAINBOW2 )is...

Hi! Can those power indicator LEDs just be disabled some way, or is the only way to get rid of these putting tape over them? Is it safe to tape them? Asus Rog Strix RTX 2070 Super OC

Hey people... My son's laptop (HP Omen Model I5-ce003na) screen is broken, his brother threw something at him an broke screen. I was wondering can I upgrade it to UHD glossy I think it's a TFT in it previously it's a 30 pin model no B156HAN04.2... What are my options... can I go 4k.. can I go...

12V RGB Led Strip Sync via Splitter/Hub/Controller for NZXT H210 case. Hi all, So this is my very first time building on an ITX based system. Below are the specs: Case: NZXT H210 Case (not H210i). Mobo: MSI B450i Mini-ITX. RGB Led Strip: 12v from Amazon UK...

I didn’t use my better judgement today. Created an account for a second opinion and to log my stupid mistake. specs: Ryzen 7 3700x (prev. Ryzen 3 3300x) w/ temporary stock cooler (lack of abundant thermal paste required me to swap out my EVO Cooler) ASUS B450 Pro 2x 32GB 3600mhz Corsair ram...

I want to ask you, if it is possible to do This project ? My car's low beam is not really good, and I want to make really good headlights. Headlights that are really bright when you need it. This headlight upgrade should be cheap (Price to Performance ratio). I added a rough picture of what I...

The PC that I am working on is a Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI (B450M DS3H WIFI (rev. 1.x) Specification | Motherboard - GIGABYTE U.S.A. ) I've never done lighting and need to know what to buy and were to plug it in. This is new, so I am basically trying to understqand the differences (e.g. 5v...

Hello! I bought a led strip today. I plugged in and everything was fine, but when I join to teamspeak or discord my microphone is buzzing. Is there anybody who has the same problem and if there any solution? The led strip isn't connected to the PC, it has an own 240W plug. My mic is connected...

I've got two of these: on the packaging they give a warning: “To avoid system instability and possible data loss Do Not attach these magnetic LED strips directly to DRAM, SSD's or HDD's” I've only seen this after I bought them, otherwise I would have gone for the non magnetic kind and...

Hello there I recently bought 10 meters of LED strip to the roof of my room. But I was 2 meters short. I need to buy 2 meters more. So I looked online to see how I connect 2 led strips, and I found this product: https://www.parts-express.com/LED-Lighting-Strip-Splice-10-Pcs.-073-0102 So my...

Hi, I recently purchased these LED Strip Lights I have an MSI B250i gaming pro ac mother board. The LED's light up with a red colour when the PC is on. I would like to change the colour of these. I have installed the 'Gaming App' from MSI which is the tool for changing the LED colour...

Hello, So something strange just happened and I would really appreciate some help or advice! I have just had a issue in-game so I went ahead and clicked the reset button on my case which not only reset the pc but also turned the LED from multi coloured to red and after turning it on again i...

Recently, I built a new pc (specs at the end) and once I booted it up I noticed that the led on the power button on top of the case (NZXT H510) was flickering. I went back and made sure the front panel connector was fully plugged in, but it kept flickering. Just wondering if this is a problem I...

The mouse was working fine yesterday, but now i cant change the colours. Is there any known reason for this? And if there is how do i fix it?

I bought a gaming laptop last week and i can set the color to red, blue, green, yellow and etc but i cant animate it. I was wondering if there is anyway to add animations like breathe, Rainbow, Wave, etc. There is a default a software (Control center 3.0 Led keyboard settings) for keyboard...

So this is an odd one which iv not been able to find an answer for. I recently upgraded from a Ryzen 5 2600x, to a Ryzen 7 5800x. My bios has been updated, version is dated 8/12/2020. I have a red CPU LED (EZ debug) on my motherboard... the information that the instructions give are not...

I put together my pc about 2 days ago but i've found that there is one portion of the front led strip that only turns on. The rest doesn't turn on and i'm wondering if it's a problem with the cables or if it's just a faulty case? I've plugged in the sata connector and connected the vdg...

So I made full RGB setup cuz I'm kinda fan of it and I also bought Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING motherboard which is working perfectly but RGB... I tried couple of softwares which includes, Aura sync and Armoury Crate too, and I cannot find any software that might change RGB logo on...

So this isn't a huge problem, as it really only affects the CPU cooler LED, but I'm genuinely curious what happened to cause it.. I'm running a Gamdias CHIONE M2-240R as a liquid cooler for the CPU, as well as their lighting hub which uses the 5V 3-pin addressable connector on the motherboard...

Hello, I was hoping some of the smart people of Tom's Hardware could help me choose/find the differences between these 2 curved monitors. MSI Optix 27" FHD 165Hz 4ms GTG Curved VA LCD FreeSync Gaming Monitor (MAG270CR)...

Hi guys I recently replaced my motherboard as my PC was not working - and picked up an Asus Strix Z270-I , which according to pcpartpicker is compatible with the rest of my build which consists of : i5 6500 CPU Palit 750ti GPU Kingston HyperX Fury 2x 4Gb RAM 480W EVGA PSU What happened with...

A long title. Basically, I looked at 5 monitors, and I want to know which is the best one for gaming/other. (Fast-Paced Games, Slow Paced Games; Other things which require more quality. So like a balance between speed/quality) ! All of them are 1440P. ! Here is the list of Monitors: 1l Acer...

I am making an external hub for powering on my systems, and i would like to know what LEDS i should buy to use for POWER/HDD indication, preferably White and using the native boards power, (measured @ 5v)

Recently as I was on my pc the whole system turned off and smelt similar to smoke, I tried to turn it back on but to no avail, this has happened to me before so I bought a new psu. The issue I'm having is that after the new psu was installed it turns on for half a second then stops and all...

Hello all, my PC was running fine for a long time now. However I wanted to upgrade it with some more RGB lights to use it as a mood light. Therefore I put an LED strip on the back of my case (Thermaltake P5) and a self made LED controller inside of it. And connected both to the MOLEX connector...

Bought a Gigabyte 5700 xt OC Gaming GPU two months ago. Installed with no issues. Ran smoothly for those two months with no issues at all. A week ago from posting, the display on the monitor stopped and no connection was registered. Upon booting, the motherboard (ROG STRIX B450) displays the...

Hi Guys, I dont have knowledge on electrical matters. Is it a good idea to stick my LED strips to an electrical tape that is on my cpu case. I got this idea for if ever any of the parts of the LED strip is not insulated it will not be transferred to the metal case because of the electrical...

So, I picked up a mouse today, the Razer DeathAdder 2013 model, and downloaded all the synapse stuff to get the lights working, but the logo wont light up. I went to swap the USB ports, and saw that right when I plugged it in it lit, but immediately un-lit like a second after, how do I get it to...

Hi, I want to use those 2 pronged 3v leds in my car, however I have trouble understanding how to choose a right resistor, and also I am worried that resistor will get very hot and make a much higher power consumption. So it would help a lot if anyone can spare a little time and explain this to...

I'm usually pretty good about Googling solutions but I can't seem to figure this out. From what I understand, the 4 pin CPU has PWM, which lets you control the fan speed and lights. I just can't figure out how to control the LED on my fan. My MOBO is an MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max and I have a...

Good day, I ask for your support, I have a problem with the asus B450-f gaming, everything seems to be working fine, but when it is off for several hours and if I want to turn on it does not go past the yellow LED, I press restart and it already works correctly, what could it be? I have...