ASRock Motherboards First to Support Microsoft Dynamic Lighting for Native Control across the Window OS and Apps

GFreeman · Dec 22, 2023

ASRock has announced its motherboards as the first to support Microsoft's Dynamic Lighting feature, offering users a native RGB lighting synchronization experience directly from generic Windows 11 OS. ASRock leads the industry in supporting Microsoft's Dynamic Lighting feature, a pioneering step in motherboard RGB lighting synchronization support.

To enable the Dynamic Lighting feature, users are required to update their Windows 11 OS to the 23H2 version and install the Beta firmware which can be downloaded from the ASRock official website. Once activated, users can control the motherboard LED lighting, RGB gaming mice, keyboards, and other RGB lighting devices via Windows 11 OS.

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Chaitanya · Dec 22, 2023

Given Cooler Master, Silverstone and couple of other use fairly standard onboard RGB headers for their cooling products hopefully they should be easy to control. Also hoping CM gets rid of their bloated MasterPlus+ in favour of MS Windows control feature.

FoulOnWhite · Dec 22, 2023

Can't wait till all boards have support for MS RGB control support, much simpler, and an end to the crappy bloat that exists now.

AnarchoPrimitiv · Dec 22, 2023

I just want motherboard headers to be able to support more pixels...I want the option to hook up a (or multiple) 10 meter (60 pixel/meter) addressable strip to my pc so that I can have my office lighting sync with my PC, but most mobile headers can o ly handle around 150 (and I'm not using no 30led/meter strip, not dense enough)....they should just include a 6 pin PCIe connector next to the aRGB header haha

Tomorrow · Dec 22, 2023

Wait what?

To get rid of 3rd party RGB software, the user has to install another 3rd party software for Windows to recognize the motherboard?
Does this not defeat the purpose of the native RGB control?

Or is it just a firmware update that does not run in the background?

Dr. Dro · Dec 22, 2023

Maybe it's just me, but it feels like the title and post were machine translated from Chinese? "the Window OS" :laugh:

Tomorrow said:
Wait what?

To get rid of 3rd party RGB software, the user has to install another 3rd party software for Windows to recognize the motherboard?
Does this not defeat the purpose of the native RGB control?

Or is it just a firmware update that does not run in the background?

It is just a firmware update and does not run in the background. It is meant to support this, added in Windows 11 23H2.

Tomorrow · Dec 22, 2023

Dr. Dro said:
It is just a firmware update and does not run in the background. It is meant to support this, added in Windows 11 23H2.

Wonder why not release a beta BIOS update in that case? Because im assuming it updates the motherboards RGB controller.

FoulOnWhite · Dec 22, 2023

Tomorrow said:
Wait what?

To get rid of 3rd party RGB software, the user has to install another 3rd party software for Windows to recognize the motherboard?
Does this not defeat the purpose of the native RGB control?

Or is it just a firmware update that does not run in the background?

It was a bios update, there is no extra software

Dr. Dro · Dec 22, 2023

Tomorrow said:
Wonder why not release a beta BIOS update in that case? Because im assuming it updates the motherboards RGB controller.

Yeah, it's just the wording that's exceptionally poor, the whole press release looks like it was machine translated directly from Chinese. Should be a BIOS update indeed

jallenlabs · Dec 22, 2023

Its in Beta. Ill wait.

FoulOnWhite · Dec 22, 2023

We need someone with a Asrock board to test for TPU

bonehead123 · Dec 22, 2023

I wonder how long it will take M$ to turn this into a cloud-based, paid subscription service, with the obligatory M$ account log-in requirement in order to use it, or at least to get ALL the features enabled .. :cry:

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I know alot of folks have been waiting/praying for this option for seemingly forever, and dream of the day when we can ditch all of the bloatwarez/crapwarez software that we have to install & run for every different brand of mobos, fans, rodents, KB's etc, but I seriously doubt that M$ won't take advantage of those desires in order to monetize what should have been a built-in feature long ago...

Durhamranger · Dec 22, 2023

FoulOnWhite said:
We need someone with a Asrock board to test for TPU

Works for me on ASrock x670e Taichi...

byorby · Dec 22, 2023

works with Asrock X670E Steel Legend

Minus Infinity · Dec 23, 2023

I would give anything to get rid of iCUE and Razer RGB garbage software from my PCs.

CosmicWanderer · Dec 23, 2023

Seems to be available for Asus motherboards too.

Zareek · Dec 23, 2023

Oh goody, more bloat for the most bloated OS ever made. The only RGB control I need is the one in the BIOS to turn it all off. If I want to see flashing lights, I'll go to a carnival.

trsttte · Dec 23, 2023

Fahad said:
Seems to be available for Asus motherboards too.

If it still requires armory crate it's the same as not being available, is that plug in available somewhere else?

FoulOnWhite · Dec 23, 2023

Zareek said:
Oh goody, more bloat for the most bloated OS ever made. The only RGB control I need is the one in the BIOS to turn it all off. If I want to see flashing lights, I'll go to a carnival.

How is it more bloat, it's a small section in the settings.

ThrashZone · Dec 23, 2023

Minus Infinity said:
I would give anything to get rid of iCUE and Razer RGB garbage software from my PCs.

Hi,
OpenRGB.

Minus Infinity · Dec 24, 2023

ThrashZone said:
Hi,
OpenRGB.

Ok will check it out. Didn't realise there was open source RGB control for windows.

FoulOnWhite · Dec 24, 2023

Been using OpenRGB for ages now, its pretty good, and does not need to be kept running in the background either.

67Elco · Dec 24, 2023

I have it downloaded and will try it on my ASRock LiveMixer mb once I have the new case in hand. May be a problem as I use Ghost Spectre for a operating system.

ThrashZone · Dec 24, 2023

Minus Infinity said:
Ok will check it out. Didn't realise there was open source RGB control for windows.

Hi,
Yep
I was poking around some amd drivers and they to use openRGB to switch colors/... hehe

trsttte · Dec 24, 2023

FoulOnWhite said:
Been using OpenRGB for ages now, its pretty good, and does not need to be kept running in the background either.

Depends on the hw you have, because some things don't simple save the last state and have to be set again after a reboot. The point is openrgb doesn't waste system resources phoning home or checking for things to push we don't want and don't need. It just does what it says and stays quite otherwise

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ASRock Motherboards First to Support Microsoft Dynamic Lighting for Native Control across the Window OS and Apps

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