Question question about RGB Lights.

[TimeToOwnYou]

Hello, I am very new to rgb lighting and i just built a computer and i also bought some rgb wall lights from walmart, they plug in with usb and i have them plugged into my computer. I am wanting to be able to control the lights with my computer instead of the remote that came with them. I am wanting to sync all of my lighting effects. Is this something that can only be done with name brand stuff or am i missing something. I have downloaded SignalRGB but it does not detect the lights. Any help here would be great.

 

[Aeacus]

i also bought some rgb wall lights from walmart, they plug in with usb and i have them plugged into my computer. I am wanting to be able to control the lights with my computer instead of the remote that came with them.

I take that the USB is for power? Or do have the lights another source of power?

Though, it looks like you can't control these RGB lights from PC. For that, you need LED strips either with 4-pin +12V or 3-pin +5V. And that also depends if your MoBo has the (A)RGB header where to plug the LED strips in.

The plug that goes to PC looks like so, with MoBo header on the bottom;

 

[TimeToOwnYou]

I take that the USB is for power? Or do have the lights another source of power?

Though, it looks like you can't control these RGB lights from PC. For that, you need LED strips either with 4-pin +12V or 3-pin +5V. And that also depends if your MoBo has the (A)RGB header where to plug the LED strips in.

The plug that goes to PC looks like so, with MoBo header on the bottom;

Yes the usb is for power. No other power source. And i just installed a cpu water cooler on my daughters computer today. it did have the plug like you shown. i plugged it into the rainbow header on her MSI board, icue nor the SignalRGB has detected it.

ID-COOLING AURAFLOW X 240 Snow CPU Water Cooler 12V RGB AIO Cooler 240mm CPU Liquid Cooler 2X120mm RGB Fan, Intel 1700/1200/115X/2066, AMD AM4/AM5
Is the cooler. It just seems to be that RGB is alot more difficult then it needs to be. sure you can get everything to light up but to get it to light up and work together with the same patterns and colors seems to be the challange.

 

[Aeacus]

ID-COOLING AURAFLOW X 240 Snow

on her MSI board, icue nor the SignalRGB has detected it.

iCUE is only for Corsair hardware. SignalRGB is 3rd party software and has compatibility issues, nor has it any guarantee.

To control the RGB on the Id-Cooling AIO, try using MSI Mystic Light Sync software. This software controls MoBo RGB lights (if there are any) and is also compatible with AIO.

MSI Mystic Light Sync is nowadays part of MSI Center software bundle,
download: https://www.msi.com/Landing/mystic-light-rgb-gaming-pc/download

It just seems to be that RGB is alot more difficult then it needs to be. sure you can get everything to light up but to get it to light up and work together with the same patterns and colors seems to be the challange.

At current date, RGB sync between different hardware is very difficult to do. Best option is to use hardware within same ecosystem (e.g Asus Aura, Corsair iCUE, NZXT CAM).

For example, if you want AIO RGB to be controlled from Corsair iCUE (since i guess she already has Corsair peripherals, why else to use iCUE), a Corsair AIO with RGB is needed.
Corsair 240mm AIO lineup: https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/c/cpu-coolers/240mm-aio-radiator

Mix-matching parts, by buying what is cheapest, often leads into a situation where each and every RGB needs their own, dedicated software. In this case, RGB sync between different software is impossible.