quincy314 Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 I have sync controller connected to gigabyte x299 gaming 7 and if i connect more than 3 fans to it does not act right the lights start flickering etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Does the flicker go away if you turn down the led brightness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 no it doesnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Is it connected directly to the motherboard or off the end of a rgb strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 its connected through a splitter thats connects to motherboard if you look at at attachment you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Can you take a pic of how you have it set up. I have this same motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 do you have tt sync hooked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Not anymore I ended up pulling it and opting with the tt software controller that came with my fans/strips. I do how ever have a lot of experience with it and the Gaming 7. What all do you have hooked up to the digital rgb header that includes whats connected to the tt sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 have yellow and red splitter plugged into board, cable d plugged into 5v with 3 fans plugged into controller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 Does it flicker with only 1 or 2 fans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 no only flickers or acts funny with 4 or more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tack Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Sounds like a lack power issue. The last response I have got from Thermaltake is it pulls the power from the motherboard header to drive the leds. If this is the case it would be dumb but make sense as the 5v digital rgb header on the gaming 7 only supply 2 amps and on the spec page it states 9.5w for 5v line and 6.5w for the 12v line for the three fans at that assuming the 5 volt line is for the rgb leds the 8.5w @ 5v would be about 1.9amps. I was having the same problem with my setup not with the sync control but 14 feet of digital rgb strips that wanted 7 amps I ended up having to just use the data line from the motherboard and get power from the 5v line on my psu(pic below). But I do not recommend doing this unless you know 100% what you are doing. It only take one mistake to kill all the leds and it can happen fast I bought cheap ones from china for my testing. This is why I went away from the TT sync. Plus I wanted 2 different lighting modes going. One being controlled by the motherboard and the other with tt rgb plus software. I also did some mods to get some cablemod 60cm strips to work with the rring plus controller. If I can find my tt sync I will probe it to see if it in fact pulls from the motherboard or not but I have no idea where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quincy314 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thats the conclusion i was drawing about the power thanks for the info Nice setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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