Need help getting aRBG working!

kieran_read · 29 Mar 2025 at 16:56

As the title really.

I ended up being bottlenecked by my 5600x so decided i'd just go all in on a 9800x3d.
System is up and running and everything is working as intended, bar the aRGB.

I just can't get it to work as intended.

I'm using Signal RGB, and i'm using the BeQuiet 900DX case, all of the fans are connected to the strip in the case as is the AIO and it's syncing together. The issue I have is in Signal RGB all 7 fans and the AIO are coming up as a single item and it's not detecting different channels that fans are connected to.

I also have it where the case is not syncing up correctly.

Part of the lights are a different colour and i'm not sure why.

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Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Mar 2025 at 20:45

Different channels?
How did you connect the fan and aio argb?
If you daisy chained it
Then signal rgb will see it as one item
If you connected everything on a built in fan controller
Then it might be able to detect different channels
Signal rgb detects my lian li al120 controller
Then I have to tell it how many fans are on each channel

The case not syncing part
All depends how it's wired but on my 011d xl
I think you have to press the physical buttons
To sync the built in case rgb with the rest

kieran_read · 29 Mar 2025 at 22:00

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Different channels?
How did you connect the fan and aio argb?
If you daisy chained it
Then signal rgb will see it as one item
If you connected everything on a built in fan controller
Then it might be able to detect different channels
Signal rgb detects my lian li al120 controller
Then I have to tell it how many fans are on each channel

The case not syncing part
All depends how it's wired but on my 011d xl
I think you have to press the physical buttons
To sync the built in case rgb with the rest

I havn't daisy chained, i've connected each fan on it's own to the hub, i've then connected the hub to the Mobo the problem i have is signal RGB doesn't detect the individual fans and as far as i'm aware the case is connected correctly it's just one portion of the strip itself doesn't sync and the rest does.

The other question I have as you use the same software do you find it chokes the system? Earlier it using 20% CPU and when i move my mouse it was lagging across the screen, when I closed it the system worked fine. It's a new system 9800x3d with 64gb RAM there's no reason it should have chugged like that.

Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Mar 2025 at 22:14

If its a "dumb" hub
Then it may not report to signal rgb
That's its a hub
So will just be seen as one device
You can still by digging in signal rgb settings
Individually "paint" every single rgb
Any colour you want

Turned pc off for the night
But from memory
Down the left hand side should be my devices
If it doesn't show a hub in there
Then it's probably just a "dumb" hub
Basically just an argb splitter

If it actually shows a hub in devices
Then you can tell it what's
On each channel

Used it for years
No stuttering or making the system lag

kieran_read · 29 Mar 2025 at 22:34

Mcnumpty2323 said:
If its a "dumb" hub
Then it may not report to signal rgb
That's its a hub
So will just be seen as one device
You can still by digging in signal rgb settings
Individually "paint" every single rgb
Any colour you want

Turned pc off for the night
But from memory
Down the left hand side should be my devices
If it doesn't show a hub in there
Then it's probably just a "dumb" hub
Basically just an argb splitter

If it actually shows a hub in devices
Then you can tell it what's
On each channel

Used it for years
No stuttering or making the system lag

Doesn't work unfortunately painting LED just paints each fans LED at the same time it doesn't detect all of them so leads me to think it's a dumb one.

Looks like I might need to buy a separate hub which is annoying.

ttaskmaster · 31 Mar 2025 at 10:27

kieran_read said:
Looks like I might need to buy a separate hub which is annoying.

Aquacomputer do some really good ones, and the software for controlling everything is fantastic.

loonyk · 31 Mar 2025 at 18:58

get yourself nollie16 controller 16 independent ports
Nollie16 is fully compatible with SignalRGB. Can run up to 4096 Leds (subject to PSU and common sense)
that's what it can do

Mcnumpty2323 · 31 Mar 2025 at 19:16

loonyk said:
get yourself nollie16 controller 16 independent ports
Nollie-16 fully compatible with SignalRGB. Can run up to 4096 Leds (subject to PSU and common sense)

that's what it can do

Never heard of those before
But you may want to remove your link
Even if ocuk don't sell that specific one
They probably do sell rgb/argb controllers

Guessing you put some sort of diffuser on those?

loonyk · 31 Mar 2025 at 19:23

I've put a link to the Manufacturer website. Surely it's "OC Legal"
It's a silica neon diffuser.

Mcnumpty2323 · 31 Mar 2025 at 19:30

loonyk said:
I've put a link to the Manufacturer website. Surely it's "OC Legal"
It's a silica neon diffuser.

It's a manufacturers website
Which also sells them?

Might be fine
Or might not be depending which admin looks at it
So probably safer if you just say what it is
And remove the link
People can Google it anyway with just the name of it

Totally your choice
Was just pointing it out so you were aware
It might or might not be an issue

kieran_read · 31 Mar 2025 at 23:21

loonyk said:
get yourself nollie16 controller 16 independent ports
Nollie16 is fully compatible with SignalRGB. Can run up to 4096 Leds (subject to PSU and common sense)
that's what it can do

I actually ordered one last night, getting the Nollie32.

I wanted that to go with LianLi Strimmers but i'm starting to think it's been discontinued no stock anywhere.