Razer Blackwidow Ultimate LED Life?

[Silibant]

Hey everyone, so I got the blackwidow ultimate when it was very steeply discounted (paid about $50), and I've become enamored with the LEDs in it. Now, I absolutely LOVE them at 60+% brightness, and I wondered if having like that ALL the time would shorten the lifespan of the keyboard OR if the LEDs will burn out. Thanks, everyone.

 

[-Lone-]

Hey everyone, so I got the blackwidow ultimate when it was very steeply discounted (paid about $50), and I've become enamored with the LEDs in it. Now, I absolutely LOVE them at 60+% brightness, and I wondered if having like that ALL the time would shorten the lifespan of the keyboard OR if the LEDs will burn out. Thanks, everyone.

I don't see why it would kill them for having them on, they'll probably last long enough until you need a new keyboard. I have the Chroma and my lights are always at 100%. The new Razer update is awesome btw if you haven't updates for the ripple effect, such a cool feature

 

[Silibant]

Cool, thanks for letting me know. I don't actually have Synapse or Cortex or whatever installed, it wouldn't connect to my internet through my WiFi adapter.. still, I'll certainly give it a shot if I can customize the LED effects. I wanted WASD+Space illumination as soon as I saw this board was individually backlit 🙂

 

[-Lone-]

Cool, thanks for letting me know. I don't actually have Synapse or Cortex or whatever installed, it wouldn't connect to my internet through my WiFi adapter.. still, I'll certainly give it a shot if I can customize the LED effects. I wanted WASD+Space illumination as soon as I saw this board was individually backlit 🙂

Yeah, I bought the Chroma solely for the purpose of lights, I just love LEDs I hope Synapse will work out for you.

 

[Silibant]

Cool, thanks for letting me know. I don't actually have Synapse or Cortex or whatever installed, it wouldn't connect to my internet through my WiFi adapter.. still, I'll certainly give it a shot if I can customize the LED effects. I wanted WASD+Space illumination as soon as I saw this board was individually backlit 🙂

Yeah, I bought the Chroma solely for the purpose of lights, I just love LEDs I hope Synapse will work out for you.

Thanks- it's working right now; I'm registering my KB. Is there a way to set the max brightness for the pulse mode?

 

[-Lone-]

Cool, thanks for letting me know. I don't actually have Synapse or Cortex or whatever installed, it wouldn't connect to my internet through my WiFi adapter.. still, I'll certainly give it a shot if I can customize the LED effects. I wanted WASD+Space illumination as soon as I saw this board was individually backlit 🙂

Yeah, I bought the Chroma solely for the purpose of lights, I just love LEDs I hope Synapse will work out for you.

Thanks- it's working right now; I'm registering my KB. Is there a way to set the max brightness for the pulse mode?

Pulse mode? I set my brightness either from Synapse or by pressing the function button right side of my space key and press F12 to make it brighter, or F11 for lower.

 

[-Lone-]

Your keyboard looks exactly the same as mine, so yeah, try that if that's what you're referring to.

 

[Silibant]

Your keyboard looks exactly the same as mine, so yeah, try that if that's what you're referring to.

Thanks, but I guess what I mean is, there's a "pulse" setting in the "Lighting" tab, and it causes the backlighting to jump to 100%, then fade back down slowly after a few seconds. I'm wondering if I can adjust the settings for the brightness and whatever in the "settings" tab. Preferably, it'd slowly fade in and out of 80% brightness. Also, can I download a custom lighting profile for it? Thanks for all your help, by the way, you've been great.

 

[-Lone-]

Your keyboard looks exactly the same as mine, so yeah, try that if that's what you're referring to.

Thanks, but I guess what I mean is, there's a "pulse" setting in the "Lighting" tab, and it causes the backlighting to jump to 100%, then fade back down slowly after a few seconds. I'm wondering if I can adjust the settings for the brightness and whatever in the "settings" tab. Preferably, it'd slowly fade in and out of 80% brightness. Also, can I download a custom lighting profile for it? Thanks for all your help, by the way, you've been great.

You mean breathing mode? Like I get these breathing mode, static, reactive, ripple, wave modes for mine, and sure, no problem, always happy to help

 

[-Lone-]

You know what would be cool? If there is a software upgrade for the keyboard that follows the music you're playing, like a bass of ripple across the keyboard, I'd totally get that even if it cost me more money, lol.

 

[Silibant]

yeah, like the breathing mode.

 

[Silibant]

also, it gives me the option to import "profiles" for lighting, where can I get those?

 

[-Lone-]

I haven't tried the import profiles thing yet either, so I'm not sure.