Turn off RGB lighting in your RAM module.
Turn off RGB lighting in your RAM module.
Absolutely, it gets even clearer! Yeah, but the toughest part is taking out the heat spreader—it sucks. I’m not sure about this, but it seems they used Scotch tape instead of a proper thermal adhesive. *That* step is crucial, but honestly, if I could just use electrical tape, that’d be way better. No soldering needed, thanks! (I don’t, but it’s mostly because of the tape.) A smart move!
In this setup, consider the resistors as switches that also limit current. Taking them out from the circuit is similar to turning off a switch on your wall—power can't reach the LED and it won’t illuminate. You can take them off and reinsert later without any issues. Even with a soldering iron, applying some flux helps by breaking down oxides and debris on the solder when heated, allowing the new solder to blend in and make desoldering straightforward. Using a basic iron for removal should be simple. Just apply a small amount of solder to both sides and switch quickly with the iron tip between the solder pieces until you can gently tap the resistor and remove it from the pads. The LEDs function as diodes, allowing current in one direction only, while resistors permit energy flow in either direction but reduce its speed. Capacitors store and release energy as needed, acting like batteries.
That would hide the lights completely, making them invisible. It wouldn’t control brightness or color, and you’d lose all the benefits of LED efficiency.
oh, right, i think ive never used flux, because its already in the solder , i only used pcb cleaner after the fact, to have a cleaner surface for further soldering and it just looks cleaner, helps to prevent corrosion too, i think. yup! i soldered (and desoldered) thousands of those , they were always my fav parts to solder (we mostly made prototypes, stuff like "tags" for wafer production… but still thousands of them sometimes, so there was always a lot to solder and desolder lol) better with a pair of ESD safe tweezers tbh (which i also dont have, but should all be relatively cheap) Ah, got it, thanks again!
@Semper, I'm testing OpenRGB… it doesn't see my RAM. It only recognizes my GIGABYTE GPU and the Sony DualShock controller. I read it needs SMBus drivers, but I don’t see any in Device Manager either. The AMD chipset drivers are installed, which is odd. Maybe my motherboard (MSI B350M mortar) is the issue, but then why does it still recognize the GPU and controller? Any suggestions on how to fix this? If I could just turn off the RGB in software, I wouldn’t need all these changes. Oof… EDIT: I figured it out. I powered down the PC completely (PSU), let the capacitors discharge, then OpenRGB detected one RAM stick after I opened and closed it a few times. After that, just opening and closing a couple more times worked for the other stick! No more weird behavior! Thanks @mariushm @jaslion @Semper I think those steps would have helped too, but software seems the simplest path if it functions. I just hope it remembers the settings : o ps: we blue now!