RGB Ram that turns off RGB during Sleeep

[NirK]

I was looking at Gskill trident Z, I like the look of this but I read a lot of reports of people saying the RAM RGB will not turn off during PC sleep, this would be really irritating to me, enough that I would get non RGB ram if this could not be fixed. Although most of the things I read are 3+ years old, so maybe with the newer Trident Z DDR5 they do turn off or the software has been updated to allow this?

I read that with corsair RAM, you can set it with their ICUE software, so that it has software control when in windows, then a hardware profile that it defaults to when in sleep / off. If you set the hardware profile to off / black, then the RGB RAM will switch off during sleep like it should. So although I would rather not run Icue, at least there is a solution to this with Corsair Ram and you can have all RGB off when PC is sleeping.

Can anyone confirm this for me? I would just get the Gskill Trident Z DDR5 as it looks nice but if I am going to have loads of hassle with the RGB I think I will either go for non RGB or Corsair, I would like RGB though because it looks nice but it would HAVE to turn off when PC is sleeping! From what I have seen the Gskill RGB software looks rather poor and I have not seen any confirmation of being able to turn off Gskill RGB when PC is sleeping, could not find much info about their latest Trident Z DDR5 though but lots of posts about older Gskill not turning off.

 

[NirK]

Yes if you google it there is a way to turn corsair RAM off during sleep, set hardware profile to blank and set software control to on, then it should default to blank / off when sleeping. Would be good if you can confirm if this is ok. I would rather not run Icue though because apparently it uses some CPU and also has conflicts with HWinfo etc.

Gskill I am not seeing any option to turn off RGB when sleeping, which is an annoyance, although I guess using hibernate could be an option as the RAM should be off when using hibernate.

 

[NirK]

Think you have to run icue when it is in software mode.

But still at least with corsair it is possible... With Gskill it seems like it is impossible to get RGB to turn off when PC is sleeping, which is quite bad tbh. Other than that the Gskill looks good but that is a deal breaker for me... Unless anyone can confirm they have Gskill trident which can be switched off when PC is sleeping?

 

[NirK]

At the moment I can get it to do what I want but only if iCUE is running. I deleted the "hardware" profile so that it's off when it's sleeping but if I close iCUE it also goes off. I was hoping to avoid running iCUE all the time... Will have another play....

Does it turn off when PC is sleeping? Then back on when PC is running? I think you have to have Icue switched on yes, due to it being software control. What is your CPU usage from icue? Is it a lot?

 

[NirK]

I use signalrgb for everything rgb/leds
Even though my stuffs from about 5 different manufacturers
It works on it all
No more conflicts with icue ,toughram etc when I used to
Be running rgb software from different manufacturers
All mine go off when put pc to sleep

What RAM do you have? Do you have the Gskill? I am yet to hear anyone confirm that the Gskill will go off when in sleep. I am prob going to go for the corsair because of this.

 

[NirK]

It might be that the new trident Z DDR5 is ok, because most comments about Gskill are a few years old and for older RAM models, but would be good to get confirmation of this from someone with the new Gskill trident Z DDR5 RAM, if you can or cannot get it to turn of the RGB when PC is in sleep.

I think using hibernate might be a solution to this as the RAM turns off in hibernate mode whereas it is still on in sleep mode, but its not ideal I would rather use sleep. Seems like a major oversight to me not having RGB that turns off in sleep mode, the corsair can do this and apparently the thermaltake toughram also does this.

 

[NirK]

Yes off when sleeping as that's when the hardware profile takes over. It then comes on with iCUE in software mode. CPU was fine today but the reason I deleted it last time was due to high process use. Killing the process in task manager used to leave RGB running but cpu would go back to normal. Couldn't be bothered to keep doing that hence I binned it.

When you have set the hardware profile (RGB off), can you then not run ICUE and use another RGB software such as Asus etc. to control the lighing when PC is on? Then without using ICUE it will still go back to the hardware profile (RGB off) when PC is sleeping? I guess when you save the hardware profile in ICUE it is permanantly saved to the RAM, unless you go back and change it again to something else? So potentially use ICUE to set the hardware profile to deal with the sleep RGB off issue, then not need to use icue after that, I guess with no ICUE (if that is the only RGB software you have) the RAM RGB will stay off, but what if using something like Asus software control it when PC is on? Can you test if the RGB is ok when PC is on using another software if you have any installed?

 

[NirK]

For example in my case :

Get corsair RAM
Install ICUE
Set hardware profile to off (no RGB)
uninstall or disable ICUE
Use Asus software to control RAM RGB when PC is on
When PC sleeps the hardware profile still applies (RGB off)

Would this be ok? Not sure if I will have much use for ICUE outside of the RAM and apparently it has conflicts with other software like Aida64 as well as using some CPU.

 

[NirK]

True but thought mine had gone off in sleep due to the hardware profile. Will try again, maybe I got mixed up with all the messing about.

Yes would very much appreciate anyone confirming that corsair RAM can definitely be made to have no RGB (completely off) in sleep mode. I am reasonably sure it IS possible with corsair due to the hardware profiles. On Gskill unfortunately the RGB seems to be rather primative and does not have the option to save anything to the RAM, so will likely always stay on at sleep, as well as various other reported issues with Gskill RGB, it might even default to rainbow puke which is the worse possible thing!

I had a look at the Gskill software out of interest and TBH it is one of the worst software I have ever seen so unfortunately I will have to avoid the RGB Gskill even though it looks nice and is supposed to be good RAM. Looks like corsair is the only option that I actually like the RGB and it can be turned off in sleep mode, Hibernate may fix the Gskill but I dont want to lose sleep functionality just for RGB RAM.

 

[NirK]

@NirK looks to the a good idea.
And it should work

I guess you made your first reply then googled it and saw it should be ok? Becuase your two posts do not make sense, you said "No, that’s not an option." then you said "yes should be ok" lol.

 

[NirK]

Yes there is a setting in armoury crate called "shutdown effect" or something like that, which turns off the RGB, I had my motherboard in rainbow puke mode at shutdown until I found that setting.

 

[NirK]

Nice one thanks.

 

[NirK]

He says yes
They do turn off when he puts pc to sleep

Hm well that contradicts everything else I have read, but as I said the stuff on reddit etc. is mostly 2-3 years ago, maybe the fact there is no comments about the new trident Z means it actually does switch off in sleep eg. that is why nobody has said "how do I switch off when sleep" about the newer DDR5 sticks. Are you completely sure he has Trident Z DDR5 and it completely switches off RGB when PC is sleep mode? Because in that case I would prob go for the Gskill.

I sent an email to Gskill I will see if they reply.

 

[NirK]

If it is that ROG PC at the top, it looks like he is using Trident Z DDR4 version, but well if that turns off when sleep, maybe the DDR5 version does as well.

 

[NirK]

Ah yes I found the comment now, looks like it might be ok with Gskill then but would still like more confirmation if anyone has this and can confirm?

I did read on reddit that the Gskill has a chip on it to control the lighting, unfortunately I cannot find anything about software that allows you to change the hardware profile like you can with corsair.

 

[NirK]

Seems like I was mistaken so apologies and can only blame toing and froing with things. The only way I managed to have the RAM off during sleep is to disable the lighting profile which means it's off when the PC is on normally too. Obviously this is just using BIOS/iCUE/Armoury Crate.

I did play with SignalRGB plus others but they all seemed to fail with my Arctic Freezer so I was swapping one issue for a different one...

Oh I see , you are now saying you cannot get your corsair ram to be OFF during sleep, but ON when PC is on? I was under the impression that this was relatively easy to do with corsair..... Set hardware profile to OFF, then set RAM to software control and set colours etc. Then it should be OFF at sleep, ON when PC is on. Is this not the case then? Not sure why it is such a problem to get RGB RAM that is off when PC is sleeping !!!

 

[NirK]

Yeah apologies again. The thing is if I do it as you say it is still ON during sleep as in that mode it's using the "lighting" profile and not the "hardware" profil. In effect sleep and pc on normally are the exact same thing, at least as far as iCUE is concerned.

Hm looks like the only way to get the RAM RGB to turn off, would be to use hibernate mode at night, could you (and anyone else that would be able to try it and confirm) try hibernate mode and see if the RAM RGB switches off?

If even hibernate mode does not switch off the RGB (i think it should though as RAM is off in hibernate) I think I would have to just get non RGB RAM... Hibernate at night is about the most compromise I would be willing to make to have RGB RAM! Not happy to turn off every night it is too much hassle / time.

I just tried hibernating my PC and it would really not be that annoying to use that at night, it is about 5 seconds to wake up instead of about 2 seconds for sleep.

Hibernate mode might STILL be a problem for Gskill though I am not sure, depends what their default hardware profile is, it could be rainbow puke or it might be that it switches off in hibernate. Overall a bit irritating trying to find this out because I would like RGB RAM but I already know it would be a deal breaker if I cannot get it to turn off during sleep or hibernate.

 

[NirK]

Thanks, anyone with Gskill RAM can confirm if the RGB is off during hibernate?

 

[NirK]

Yes RAM was off when hibernated

Also, if you set the hardware profile only, for example you had a static gradient effect on RAM, you had this set as hardware only and disable software control, does this still switch off in Hibernate? I guess in sleep it wont switch off, in hibernate it should switch off as the RAM should be off in hibernate, although possibly the hardware profile might override this or something.

I would like to run ICUE initially to set RGB on the RAM, from what you say about the whole thing of getting RAM to switch off in sleep, it seems like the best option would be to give up on that and just use hibernate when I want RGB OFF. BUT can you do this with a hardware profile to avoid using ICUE after initially setting up the hardware RGB profile?

I would like for example : Hibernate = RGB OFF, PC ON = Hardware static effect (gradient) without running ICUE every time.

Is this possible? Thanks for checking.

 

[NirK]

Thanks for reply, can you just set a "hardware profile", then not use ICUE at all?

eg. hardware profile = RGB ON with gradient effect (static not moving)

Would this then switch off in hibernate mode?

Or do you need to have hardware profile set to OFF (black / no lighting etc.) in order to have it OFF during hibernate?

I would ideally like to set "hardware profile" to the lighting I want eg. RGB ON gradient effect. Then not use ICUE at all, then use openRGB or SignalRGB for other RGB. Apparently these do not support DDR5 so need the hardware profile. I have given up expecting this to be OFF in sleep mode, but hopefully this would be OFF in hibernate mode, even without the hardware profile being set to OFF / no effect.