Brightness flashing using Xbox game bar

OnlyAlex · 9 Aug 2023 at 00:36

I used the ASUS armoury crate widget on the Xbox game bar app to change the setting from silent to turbo and the widget didn’t work properly and selected Windows balanced plan, but on AC it was stuck between balanced plan and turbo, the screen was flashing between the two brightness levels as turbo I had the screen brightness set to max.

I closed the Xbox game bar and AC and then selected the turbo plan and it worked fine. I have restarted the device and all the plans through AC select normally and the screen brightness works as normal.

Two things:

Will the brightness flickering have done any ongoing damage to the device?
Do I need to reset the device back to factory settings?

As I said, everything seems normal now – I think there is a fault with the AC widget for the Xbox game bar app which I won’t use moving forwards.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Disco_P · 9 Aug 2023 at 07:23

No and no. Armoury crate is notoriously bad so it's notnsuper suprising something like this happened.

OnlyAlex · 9 Aug 2023 at 10:50

Disco_P said:
No and no. Armoury crate is notoriously bad so it's notnsuper suprising something like this happened.

Thank you so much - I won't use the AC widget through the Xbox game bar app.

Straz · 9 Aug 2023 at 11:03

Armoury Crate is bordering on malware. Incredibly bad piece of software.

Daytrader · 3 Sep 2023 at 18:35

Straz said:
Armoury Crate is bordering on malware. Incredibly bad piece of software.

Do i have to use armoury crate if i am using a asus motherboard ? thx

Straz · 3 Sep 2023 at 23:42

Daytrader said:
Do i have to use armoury crate if i am using a asus motherboard ? thx

Nah, it's only for peripherals.

Daytrader · 4 Sep 2023 at 09:32

Thats good then, thx

Glanza · 4 Sep 2023 at 12:06

Daytrader said:
Do i have to use armoury crate if i am using a asus motherboard ? thx

You don't have to but it does give you access to fan xpert / aura and will update your drivers / firmware etc.

Daytrader · 4 Sep 2023 at 12:11

Glanza said:
You don't have to but it does give you access to fan xpert / aura and will update your drivers / firmware etc.

Yeh, i really want to use fan expert, but i dont see that as a standalone download on my official asus motherboard support page, only the full armoury crate, shame.

Mcnumpty2323 · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:07

Shold be able to download asus AI suite
Separately from armoury crate
That's what I used
If wasn't for my motherboard oled screen
I would ditch armoury crate
And just use AI suite for the fans
And signalrgb for the lighting

Daytrader said:
Yeh, i really want to use fan expert, but i dont see that as a standalone download on my official asus motherboard support page, only the full armoury crate, shame.

Daytrader · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:28

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Shold be able to download asus AI suite
Separately from armoury crate
That's what I used
If wasn't for my motherboard oled screen
I would ditch armoury crate
And just use AI suite for the fans
And signalrgb for the lighting

Yeh i have seen places on the web to download asus ai suite 3, but its just not listed officially under support downloads for my board, so thought not compatible, guess when i build my pc i will try, thx

Mcnumpty2323 · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:35

Daytrader said:
Yeh i have seen places on the web to download asus ai suite 3, but its just not listed officially under support downloads for my board, so thought not compatible, guess when i build my pc i will try, thx

For my crosshair viii extreme
Think I have to choose windows 10
Though I am on 11
Then expand all the sections in downloads
And it's in there somewhere
Not on pc right now to see exactly where

Daytrader · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:41

Mcnumpty2323 said:
For my crosshair viii extreme
Think I have to choose windows 10
Though I am on 11
Then expand all the sections in downloads
And it's in there somewhere
Not on pc right now to see exactly where

Dam, your right, im sure i expanded all the sections, but it is there, so fan expert 4 is part of ai suite ? like it is on my current aisuite 2015 build, thx

Mcnumpty2323 · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:49

Daytrader said:
Dam, your right, im sure i expanded all the sections, but it is there, so fan expert 4 is part of ai suite ? like it is on my current aisuite 2015 build, thx

Yeah they don't make it easy to spot
But it's a godsend it's there
Since does give the option not to
Have to install armoury crate
Just in case
If you do install armoury crate
Luckily you can install AI suite as well
So if armoury crate does play up
You can still have fan control independently of it

Daytrader · 4 Sep 2023 at 14:51

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Yeah they don't make it easy to spot
But it's a godsend it's there
Since does give the option not to
Have to install armoury crate
Just in case
If you do install armoury crate
Luckily you can install AI suite as well
So if armoury crate does play up
You can still have fan control independently of it

Ok, thx for your help.