ARGB Link Mode not working

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   I recently purchased a ASRock Radeon??RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB GPU.
It has the option to link the ARGB header on the GPU with an ARGB header on the motherboard, which is called 'ARGB Link Mode'.
So according to this manual (https://download.asrock.com/Manual/ARGBQIG/Radeon%20RX%209070%20XT%20Steel%20Legend%2016GB.pdf) I put the LED switch to the Off position and connected a (tested) ARGB cable to these headers.
But the GPU LED lights stay off. Also when I daisy chain the GPU ARGB header to my case fans (which are connected to the motherboard and are lit), it still doesn't light up.

So how should this work?

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kipusoep Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote kipusoep Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ARGB Link Mode not working Posted: 03 Jun 2025 at 5:55pm
	I recently purchased a ASRock Radeon??RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB GPU. It has the option to link the ARGB header on the GPU with an ARGB header on the motherboard, which is called 'ARGB Link Mode'. So according to this manual (https://download.asrock.com/Manual/ARGBQIG/Radeon%20RX%209070%20XT%20Steel%20Legend%2016GB.pdf) I put the LED switch to the Off position and connected a (tested) ARGB cable to these headers. But the GPU LED lights stay off. Also when I daisy chain the GPU ARGB header to my case fans (which are connected to the motherboard and are lit), it still doesn't light up. So how should this work?

kolonelpanick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote kolonelpanick Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jun 2025 at 11:12am
	FWIW I have struggled with this as well. Heres the kicker when I bought my card, I did so buy getting a bundle from Amazon. I took a while for t he board to ship but after it arrived yesterday, I plugged the card in and after a couple reboots, it ran an APU update and then BAM the rgb link mode worked. I should add that prior to the update it did not work even on the Asrock board, I am not yet sure if it was the Asrock board or coincidence that they update ran only after being attached. I have had the card for about a month.

kipusoep Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote kipusoep Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jun 2025 at 3:49pm
	I already got a firmware update from ASRock tech support, which resolved the issue :-) You can find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MgigI_epzsZucn-cmYDdhX0AxXtDO5HX/view

Venour99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 Jun 2025 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote Venour99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jun 2025 at 8:11pm
	kipusoep you are the best bro... Thank you very much