XeroDarkness7

Figured it out. Corsair tech support was open today. Apparently if you have any kind of animation for the profile you save to your computer, it has to have the software open to run it, and cannot run it natively. A static profile with no animation can be saved and work on the keyboard without the software.

I guess I'll be wiping out my profiles. Thanks for the info! I'll let you know how it goes.

No other ideas? Anyone?

The computer is still turned on, it's just on the Lock screen, or even if it's on the Login screen when I first turn on my computer, same deal. It has power, that's what allows me to type in my password to log in. I am not hibernating my computer or shutting it down. I'm not a total Dunce (although when I finally find out the solution, it'll probably be totally obvious and I'll feel like a total Dunce).

Good suggestion. I tried it though, no dice, lighting still turned off as soon as I lock my computer.

OK, but when I first got my keyboard, it had some default lighting before I ever installed the software, that is now gone, and i have NO lighting. If I can't have the lighting effects that I want loaded onto the keyboard itself regardless of software, I would like the default lighting back.

OK, that brings up another problem, now I found out that the lighting key on the top right of my keyboard doesn't seem to do anything when the software isn't running.

Hey everyone, I'm trying to save a specific lighting profile to my K70 RGB keyboard, and when I do save it to the keyboard by clicking "Save profile to device memory." instead of saving the lighting effects, it turns off the lighting effects. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

This whole thing has exploded beyond what I thought it would but I got the information I was looking for. Thanks everyone for you knowledge and passion and time!

Can you link a video showing where the 970 outperforms a 390 on a game? All the vids and charts and benchmarks I have found show the 390 outperforming the 970 by a solid 10fps. Also, you mentioned clock speed, are you saying that when comparing stock config the 390 does better but when both are overclocked equally the 970 does better? All the things I'm hearing from everyone is why I ask questions. Thanks for all your responses!

I know I know that the R9 390 trumps the GTX 970 in FPS performance at every turn, but I am wondering if the GTX 970 has any other advantages? Like I was looking into the R9 390 and they speak of being more future proof due to higher VRAM and such, but I also hear that that particular chipset heats up more easily and I'm thinking that theoretical future proofing won't mean much if the card shortens it's life by running hotter (if still in the acceptable range) than the GTX 970. In a nutshell, what are the things that the GTX 970 does do better than the R9 390?

Change of plans. Instead of a PC, looks like I'm going to be investing in a crib, a car seat, clothes, food, and a new car for my new little 'un that'll be coming in September! Thanks everyone so much for your help! I'm sorry that it's basically going to waste for now, I did not really plan on this.

Well, whatever I choose only has to last one year, so doesn't have to be awesome, just decent. I was looking and found an Asus VX228H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor for $111, think that'll work for a year?

I would be looking for a decent 1080p monitor for about $100 to maybe $125, preferably widescreen.

Also, if I switch to a 1080p monitor for now (and upgrade next year to a good 1440p monitor), which monitor would you use?