[skazazes]

I would agree if the lighting settings were stored on device across the board. I went the route of not paying more for hardware without RGB and am regretting it 6 months later. Disabling the RGB on my GPU persists across OS re-installs as well as driver updates, but my RAM and motherboard's lights require their own program each constantly running in the background in order to NOT have a light show on at all times. Furthermore, when turning on the computer all of the lights are on in full rainbow until these programs launch and ultimately turn off the lights.

Because of the additional friction involved I do not agree with the just turn off rgb mentality many in the hobby push

[mikepurvis]

I'm a generation behind on PC hardware, so I haven't had to deal with this yet, but surely in most cases there'd be a way to physically disable it? I'd expect there to be a jumper you could open or maybe even a trace which could be carefully cut if you don't mind a destructive option.

Anyway, certainly the whole thing has gotten bit out of control. An optional RGB header on a motherboard is one thing, but on the sound card? Total madness: https://youtu.be/0NMlWg-7Crg?t=29