RGB

[Thjorin]

Hi, im completly fresh and bad if it comes to building a pc, so i ordered it from a website where i chose parts and they build it for me.

So now my problem is that i cant change color of any of the rgb components and everything is permanently red.

I have a unknown brand rgb stripe (wasnt stated on website), The Cooler Master ML 120L which is also rgb but i cant change any of the colors, same goes for my motherboard MSI X470 Gaming Plus which also have small rng panels in it (cant change them even with dragon center) can somebody help me? im getting sick of looking at this boring red color for past 5 months.

[minibois]

4 minutes ago, Thjorin said:

Hi, im completly fresh and bad if it comes to building a pc, so i ordered it from a website where i chose parts and they build it for me.

So now my problem is that i cant change color of any of the rgb components and everything is permanently red.

I have a unknown brand rgb stripe (wasnt stated on website), The Cooler Master ML 120L which is also rgb but i cant change any of the colors, same goes for my motherboard MSI X470 Gaming Plus which also have small rng panels in it (cant change them even with dragon center) can somebody help me? im getting sick of looking at this boring red color for past 5 months.

For the motherboard you'll need the 'MSI Gaming App' probably, that is at least what works for my RGB control. Perhaps the RGB strip works with that too? Depends on how you have that installed.

The Coolermaster cooler comes with its own RGB controller, likely with its own buttons. Have you connected that somewhere/can you press the buttons?

[Rybo]

I'm not sure how you could do otherwise, but I'd first confirm that all of your RGB components that aren't part of the motherboard itself are connected into one of the JRGB jacks on the board.  Make sure the little arrows line up in the correct orientation, per the manual (you don't have to have an extension cable, but if you do, definitely make sure the little arrows all line up).  I've attached the pertinent part of the manual below.  If you have anything more complicated like a RGB hub, you might also try removing it and plugging straight into the motherboard.  If what you have plugged in works, then you'll know your hub was messed up.

 

After that, everything should just work.  I've got a Cooler Master as well, and it just synced up through Dragon Center once I got everything plugged in right.  

[Thjorin]

2 hours ago, minibois said:

For the motherboard you'll need the 'MSI Gaming App' probably, that is at least what works for my RGB control. Perhaps the RGB strip works with that too? Depends on how you have that installed.

The Coolermaster cooler comes with its own RGB controller, likely with its own buttons. Have you connected that somewhere/can you press the buttons?

Oh that is interesting will check the app tomorrow, and about coolermaster, i didnt recive any of the origianl boxes, so also no remote for it, however i know for a fact that you can connect it to your dragon center

[Thjorin]

18 hours ago, Rybo said:

I'm not sure how you could do otherwise, but I'd first confirm that all of your RGB components that aren't part of the motherboard itself are connected into one of the JRGB jacks on the board.  Make sure the little arrows line up in the correct orientation, per the manual (you don't have to have an extension cable, but if you do, definitely make sure the little arrows all line up).  I've attached the pertinent part of the manual below.  If you have anything more complicated like a RGB hub, you might also try removing it and plugging straight into the motherboard.  If what you have plugged in works, then you'll know your hub was messed up.

 

After that, everything should just work.  I've got a Cooler Master as well, and it just synced up through Dragon Center once I got everything plugged in right.  

ok so, i checked few things and, both the fan and the RGB stripe are conected with one cable into the JRGB jack, however my dragon center still doesnt detect them, the only thing it detects is the motherboard itself, and i cant change the color of those leds either, and the other JRGB port is in a place where i cant get my cable without using extension or unscrewing my pc.

[Rybo]

Hmmm...the only thing I can think of is to check that each connection is in the right direction -- on most cables, there should be little arrows at each connector that should point at each other, and on the motherboard, the arrow should be on the left side of the connector (over the prong marked "12v" on the board itself).  That doesn't explain why your motherboard isn't changing color, but it's one last elementary step you can try to make sure you're doing everything right from a hardware perspective...

[Rybo]

I just checked: my MSI motherboard has a RGB Light Control toggle in the BIOS.  You might want to toggle that off, let the system reboot (all lights should be off), and then you can toggle it back on and see if Mystic Lights will affect it.  

[Thjorin]

2 minutes ago, Rybo said:

I just checked: my MSI motherboard has a RGB Light Control toggle in the BIOS.  You might want to toggle that off, let the system reboot (all lights should be off), and then you can toggle it back on and see if Mystic Lights will affect it.  

and how would i do that? as i said, i know nothing about PC stuff

 

[Rybo]

Just now, Thjorin said:

and how would i do that? as i said, i know nothing about PC stuff

 

As your PC is booting up, it'll briefly show a screen giving you some keys to press to get into system settings and/or boot options.  My button is the Delete key, but it could be anything.  Hit the key it shows you and it'll take you to the BIOS screen.  I wouldn't do too much in here as this is the place where you can break your system if you fiddle too much, but look around for a setting that says something about RGB (as I said, it's "RGB Light Control" in my BIOS) and disable it.  Click the X button in the top right corner, accept the changes (or find a "save and exit" option), and the system will reboot.  

[Thjorin]

37 minutes ago, Rybo said:

As your PC is booting up, it'll briefly show a screen giving you some keys to press to get into system settings and/or boot options.  My button is the Delete key, but it could be anything.  Hit the key it shows you and it'll take you to the BIOS screen.  I wouldn't do too much in here as this is the place where you can break your system if you fiddle too much, but look around for a setting that says something about RGB (as I said, it's "RGB Light Control" in my BIOS) and disable it.  Click the X button in the top right corner, accept the changes (or find a "save and exit" option), and the system will reboot.  

Didnt find anything about RGB in my BIOS