RGB Ram that turns off RGB during Sleeep

NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 14:45

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.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Mar 2023 at 15:03

Just spotted someone on a Facebook group who has
Those gskill modules
Have asked them about it
If I get a reply will let you know

NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 15:07

Nice one thanks.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Mar 2023 at 15:33

NirK said:
Nice one thanks.

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

NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 16:06

Mcnumpty2323 said:
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.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Mar 2023 at 16:29

NirK said:
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.

Here's the Facebook group
So you can double check
But pretty sure it's gskill trident z 5

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NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 16:52

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.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Mar 2023 at 17:55

NirK said:
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.

Couldn't link the exact post
It's one where he's got gskill and corsair dominator in one picture
Guys name is Michael something

NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 18:55

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.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Mar 2023 at 19:03

not sure about that part
with signalrgb and my toughram
i dont have to do anything individually with hardware profiles etc

scotty38 · 13 Mar 2023 at 22:35

NirK said:
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.

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...

NirK · 13 Mar 2023 at 23:53

scotty38 said:
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 !!!

scotty38 · 14 Mar 2023 at 09:32

NirK said:
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 !!!

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.

NirK · 14 Mar 2023 at 15:18

scotty38 said:
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.

scotty38 · 14 Mar 2023 at 16:34

Yes RAM was off when hibernated

NirK · 14 Mar 2023 at 18:22

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

NirK · 17 Mar 2023 at 20:51

scotty38 said:
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.

scotty38 · 18 Mar 2023 at 10:56

NirK said:
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.

When the pc is on it uses the "Lighting Effect" so you'll need that set up to have the RGB on. Once you have configured it you don't need to have iCUE running although it will run a service. If you then set up a blank hardware profile you will end up with:
1 PC ON = Lighting profile ie ON
2 PC Sleep = Lighting Profile ie ON
3 PC Hibernated = Hardware profile ie OFF

NirK · 18 Mar 2023 at 11:54

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.

scotty38 · 18 Mar 2023 at 15:40

The hardware profile will not work when the pc is running, that's what I'm trying to tell you. In order to have any effect when it's on you need to use the "Lighting Effect" profile.