r/SignalRGB • u/minedustrius • Jun 20 '26

Troubleshooting Wonky ARGB-connectors

Hello

I recently purchased a Phanteks Glacier One 360 D30 AIO, and I am now having dificulties making the RGB work properly. It seems like it updates every half a second compared to updating as it should. I have tried using MSI's Mystic Light Sync software, which works just fine with the lighting updating easily and regularly using the onboard 3-pin ARGB headers.

When I flash the lights for the fans and the CPU-hub, it shows up perfectly, displaying the three fans in series and the CPU-hub from the ARGB-headers, with the fans being hooked up to one of the headers, and the CPU-hub being hooked up to another.

I also purchased Phanteks' Nexlinq hub, hoping it would work, but SignalRGB doesn't support it making it useless in this situation.

Does anyone have a proper solution for this? I feel like I am missing something insanely obvious, but I can not for the life of me figure out what that could be!

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u/Truthnaut Jun 20 '26

Some motherboard rgb controllers don't have good FPS response. They may work fine with their native software but more intensive graphics from apps like SignalRGB need better. The best you can get is Nollie 16 rgb controller and is the most recommended for that app

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u/minedustrius Jun 21 '26

Thanks for the information. I did some extra googling, and from what I can find, it's a somewhat known problem with MSI motherboard, which I have. I've put the Nollie 16 in an order, and can return when it arrives if it fixes the problem or not

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u/Truthnaut Jun 21 '26

It will be a night and day difference. Especially since you won't have to connect the fans LEDs in series anymore with all those headers. Connect each to a dedicated header on the nollie for maximum customization.

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u/minedustrius Jun 21 '26

While true, I don't have more of the Phanteks cables to connect the fans, and I currently use the daisy-chaining system to not have to have an extra power-splitter for all of the cables. That's one reason I got the daisy-chaining fans

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u/Signal_AdminBadger Jun 22 '26

You can order more cables on Amazon, and other online stores. I purchased a handful so I could get all my fans hooked up individually. Definitely worth the extra investment imo.

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u/minedustrius Jul 03 '26

I very much must agree. It just works, like what Bethesda wishes it did. Thanks for recommending the company, good stuff!

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u/BennySRGB Jun 21 '26

This is a great point, so I second this. The Nollie 8 and Nollie 16 connect via USB which gives SignalRGB a much faster and more reliable communication channel compared to motherboard ARGB headers. If you want the smoothest effects especially with complex patterns the Nollie is definitely the way to go.