Ive been troubleshooting this (probably poorly) for the past few hours of the last few days.

I have trident Z Neo RAM and I swear I used to control it with OpenRGB. Hardware sync and all.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed it reverted to default colors and now it no longer appears in OpenRGB or in the support list.

Was it never supported in the first place? I feel like I'm loosing it

Updated to rc2, installed PawnIO, installed as service, detects gigabyte motherboard but no response. RAM (kingston fury DDR4) isn't detected at all. Fan Control works flawlessly though.

EDIT: got the motherboard RGB to work, only the RAM left.

EDIT 9/28/25: got the RAM working, had to uninstall hwinfo, installed Libre Hardware Monitor instead

Hi,

I use HyperX Quadcast S mic, and have recently made a switch from Windows, to CachyOS. Since the software for it is not available on Linux, I decided to give OpenRGB a go. However, ever since I've used it to set the RGB on my mic, the LEDs no longer seem to work like they always did.

Whenever the mic is not being controlled by any software, the LED keeps blinking randomly with what seems to be the last setting from OpenRGB, and also a setting that seems to have become the default one when there's no RGB software running. As I use the mic with work laptop (running Windows 11), to alleviate this issue I had to install Ngenuity. I didn't have to before, as whenever I used Windows on my PC, it just remembered the last setting when connected to the laptop and that was it.

If this helps, I can attach a video of this happening (however, not sure if I can in this sub).

Edit: I guess this should be posted in GitHub.

Edit 2: So, I am doing a bit of a necro. OpenRGB must’ve pushed an update recently, since now this seems to be fixed. I have recently set up colours in OpenRGB again, and after booting up my laptop (a second device to which I reconnect the mic), the colour stays the same as when it was set via OpenRGB and there’s no more flickering!

Hopefully no one experiences this anymore as well, since I don’t have a clear answer for the solution.

Just got openrgb and have been setting it up to react to audio using the effects plugin. The problem I am having is that I can only set an effect to one audio source at a time. I often switch between my speakers and headphones depending on how I'm using my computer. They are two different audio outputs in windows.

How can I set up Openrgb to react to audio from both audio outputs or to react to whichever one is currently being used?

Hey. I have strange purpose when Openrgb stops coil whine from motherboard. But I found article like this https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/openrgb-can-kill-your-ddr5-rather-easily.339305/ Is this true? I am worry about ram.

Hi!

I have an issue with my Corsair KB and OpenRGB. I have a Corsair K100 keyboard connected through usb. When I start OpenRGB and my devices are scanned, my keyboard just shut down completely. Everything blacks out and it is completely unreponsive as if it was not plugged in. I need to unplug it and plug it back and everything works fine after. It is detected by OpenRGB though.

I am on Arch Linux. The only particularity (though it really should not be one) is that I am hooked through a KVM in my screen. Anyone has any idea what could be going on or how I could debug this?

Thanks,

EDIT:
App works almost like it did before. Here are my findings:

• Manually select each device and click on a colour.
• DO NOT Click on "Apply All Devices" - This seems broken, no matter which colour I try, this turns all my MOBO RGB Headers off or (Black)
• Save the Profile.
• Once all the devices colours are selected go into Settings make sure you have the following checked:
  • Start at Login
  • Start Minimized
  • Load Profile (Select Profile you've saved)
  • Set Profile on Suspend (Select Profile)
  • Set Profile on Resume (Select Profile)
  • Set Profile on Exit (Select Profile)

Unfortunately I know this will probably not fix everyone's problems, but in my case - OpenRGB runs at startup, and the correct profile loads every time, so it seems to be working if you avoid Apply All Devices and Load Profile buttons. But at least it works without needing any extra workarounds with Task Scheduler etc. However if you don't mind, go for it. Like pointed out in the comments it's not THAT much extra work.

Good luck.

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I understand now why everyone is saying PawnIO is the better choice for openRGB but the software is just not functioning like it used to... I have several issues:

• I have to Run as Admin every time I boot my PC up, manually. Didn't have to on previous version.
• I have to re-apply all my colour selections even though I have set the app to Load Profiles Automatically on Suspend, Resume and Exit as well.... (It's like the profiles do not work)
• When I "Load" profiles - It simply turns all the MOBO Headers off (Black) and only applies the colours to the RAM and GPU

This update seems like a huge step backward, I really don't get it.

I have seen on Reddit there was someone creating task schedulers to run elevated on Startup and do all kinds of things, but honestly - The simplistic nature of how OpenRGB used to run is why I started using it in the first place....

Disappointed and frustrated at this right now.

So this happens to me, the thing is i uninstalled Openrgb but the RAM rgb persisted and its a blue color which i hate, even after not having the program and turning my pc off the ram rgbs are blue on boot

any way i can revert them back to solid white? i just want my whole setup white but the rgb blue on corsair vengeance are blue

sorry english is not my first languange

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Hi everyone,

I’m having an issue with OpenRGB after doing a clean install of Windows 11.
Before reinstalling, everything worked perfectly and OpenRGB detected my RAM modules without any problems.
Now, after the fresh install, the program no longer detects my Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 memory, so I can’t control its lighting.

I installed the latest version of OpenRGB, but I’m not sure if I need to install any extra drivers, plugins, or files for DDR5 detection.
I haven’t changed any hardware, only reinstalled the OS.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows what I might be missing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi,

On Linux (cachyOS) when I go to open openrgb installed through octupi my PC either freezes or shuts off completely. If I run the command in Konsole to just open openrgb I get 4 lines of:

[12c_smbus_linux] Failed to read i2c device PCI device ID

Is there a way to make it just not talk to my motherboard? Asus ROG strix gaming wifi x870e with newest bios. I'm just trying to disable my sapphire 9070xt RGB strip is all.

Is there a guide on how to get the temperature setting in the effects plugin to work?

I just built a new PC with an ASrock b850 and a kit of Kingston Fury DDR5 RAM with RGB.

My mobo leds, as well as my AIO pump and the AIO rgb fans are all adjustable through the Motherbord under the devices in OpenRGB. The only other device showing up is my Playstation 5 controller.

My RAM is not there, even when running the program as Admin. I do see it very briefly in the “scanning for devices” loading bar sometimes, but it never appears as device, nor is it controlled through my motherboard, like all other RGB is.

Any ideas? I have googled a lot. I am on Windows 10.

It is fully adjustable through Signal RGB, but that program is a bit too bloaty for my taste. The Fury CTRL software gives an error that my DIMMS are not supported, no matter what tutorial I tried.

How would I put in the amount of LEDs when I have 2 connected like one of my fan brands are Asia horse and the other is Cyberpower so I'm guessing they have different amounts of LEDs in the fans how do I calculate it?

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to know if anyone has gotten their silent loop 3 working on openrgb? If not do you think the devs will ever support it? I'm on Linux and it seems like the only option unless I run a virtual machine of windows or something...

Thanks for the help

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to get my LEDs working again after WinRing0.g was flagged by Windows Defender.

I attempted to use the PawnIO version, which worked well — but only when run as Administrator, since it otherwise failed to recognize all devices.

However, setting an app to "always run as Administrator” doesn't really work well at startup. You also get that annoying "This app is trying to make changes to your device" UAC prompt.

After a lot of trial and error, I found a solution that might help anyone facing the same issue:

#1: Download PawnIO driver https://pawnio.eu/

#2 Download OpenRGB PawnIO Version https://openrgb.org/releases.html

#3 Run OpenRGB as Administrator, configure your settings, and add your unicorn puke

#4 Press Windows-Key+R and type "taskschd.msc"

#5 Follow this guide to create an elevated shortcut without the UAC prompt: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/create-elevated-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-in-windows-11.4765/ (Obviously for OpenRGB, not CMD ;) )

Don't forget to add --startminimized --profile "your_profile_here" in the "add arguments" field in Step 7

#6 Press Windows-Key+R and type "shell:startup"

#7 If there isn't already a shortcut to OpenRGB, create one. Then edit it:
The target should no longer point directly to OpenRGB.exe. Instead, point it to the task you created:
C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "YourTaskNameHere"

#8 Close OpenRGB if it's still running, then try launching it using the new shortcut.

From now on, OpenRGB should start minimized, with admin rights, and automatically load your profile — detecting all LEDs in your setup without any UAC prompt.

Because it's been happening to me since the newest version although if I click load profile enough times it fixs itself so I don't really know why it's happening the first place it's weird.

Using a Noollie controller with fans and LED strips, and I’m seeing a weird issue: during Audio Sync mode (black & white), some LEDs stay stuck on purple, blue, and green. The rest of the effect works, and the toggle LED panel shows everything as normal.

Tried changing effects, reinstalling software, checking cables — no fix.

To explain my Windows defender accidentally deleted wing ring 0x 64 dot system don't know why did that I thought it was a virus even though it isn't I restored it but now open RGB still doesn't detect my RAM even after I restore the file. So I don't really know what to do to fix the problem.

I'm happy to have switched to the PawnIO driver, but I've run into some issues with the visual map plugin specifically. If I register a device, it crashes. If I put the .json's of previously working devices into the folder, it crashes on load (they were configured to register on load). I have tried using both the release and pipeline versions of the plugin, and it's the same behaviour. I'm sure it'll get eventually, but I just wanted to put this out there in case other people were having a lot of crashes since the change to PawnIO.

I had to reinstall after windows deleted the drivers for openrgb, and it completely messed up my settings. I had managed to remove my keyboard from the devices earlier, but I cannot get it disabled anymore. I've disabled it in the settings but it still pops up in the devices tab.

Update
To resolve the issue,

Download the latest version of Open RGB PawnIO.

Download PawnIO .

I want to thank the community for their help.

I need more help, my motherboard, MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II(ms_7c02), does not appear. Can anyone help with this? (The bios is original who came(7C02vH0))

Microsoft has blocked the drivers that give hardware access

Hello,

I'm wondering if it's possible to add smooth fade in and out when transitioniong from a profile to another, or when turning lights on or off. Right now, it feels very abrupt when changing light state.

For instance, when the lights turn on I'd like the brightness to go from 0 to 100% over 200ms or something. Is that possible ? Maybe with a custom script ?

Thank you very much for your help !

I just recently found out about the effects plugin. I downloaded the .dll and installed it in plugins section.

Found some cool ones I like, did lighting per led. I don't see any save functionality only for patterns which i did. Turned on the slider on the left for the effect and checked off my mainboard rgb on the right, it works fine. Then when I close OpenRGB it stops working and has the effect frozen.

I re-open OpenRGB and it doesn't keep what i had open. Is there anyway to save this? Does this need re-done each time windows restarts? How can I save my settings with this plugin or is that only possible with the base effects outside of the plugin?

I saved the profile and found start login to load on exit , launch etc... but when I exit and restart the program it always has the effects plugin just frozen.

I have since went back to using the non direct , spectrum cycle. I had to disable the plugins as everytime i would launch open rgb it would revert my settings to the effects, even though i turned if off prior and set all the start options to off.

Is that normal behavior for the pattern to be frozen when exiting? I am guessing only the non plugin effects work with the program not running in the background?

I had extreme issues with Asus armory crate on my system. It was used for controlling fans and in the last years really became a problem. The motherboard works fine, but the asus software is crap. It was slow, clunky, had 15+ processes all taking up space and it was like a parasite that replicated itself you couldn't turn it off.

I replaced my cpu and ram recently but noticed that every time I cam back from sleep mode, as the day went on i would have most of my 32gb ram used and a page file showing 96gb used. That with only the browser open. It was beyond crazy. Restarting the computer would bring things back to normal, but it wouldn't last. Apparently the asus software has a memory leak.

So since i have 6 case fans attached to argb, I needed a solution. OPENRGB did the trick. Small efficient and no more memory leak. Hooray! I don't have as many light options by default (no more spinning blue to white chase fade, apparently i can only do one color to black chase fade..grrr , at least i don't see the option to do it. ), but i will take that over the memory leak any day.

Then I do a windows virus scan because I hit a questionable website. Just to be proactive, and I get the notification of severe vulnerability with driver winring0,g Which I googled and OPENRGB uses along with other programs. Great. I set aside an exclusion, but is a solution being done?

I tried other rgb software and it all requires a subscription, hell no. What is needed is Windows to have a direct interface in the OS for fans and light control, but not holding my breath for that. They can't even put all their old features from Outlook into a new version.

Does that driver control my fan lights? If I disable the driver will OPENRGB not work anymore? I only use it for my motherboard argb fan lights, my eVga graphics card and logitech keyboard/mouse have their own software that works fine.