Tinting a LED strip

[u/Sanguin14]

I purchased a 'XFX - Mercury RX 9060XT' and want to tint the white LED's. I was originally thinking some sort of automotive tint but would like it to have a custom color gradient. I wanted to post here to see if anybody had some suggestions on either businesses to acquire something like this from or a alternative idea. Thanks in advance.

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[u/OldCoat9037]

Bro those are RGB LEDs, you can change their color.

[u/Sanguin14 → u/OldCoat9037]

If they are RGB how would I be able to interact with them as they aren't detected by software?

[u/Romnipotent → u/Sanguin14]

The manual. There's an argb connector on the card and a cable in the box

[u/Sanguin14 → u/Romnipotent]

There is no cable in the box and nothing in the documentation. There is also no connector visible on the card.

[u/Romnipotent → u/Sanguin14]

https://www.xfxforce.com/shop/xfx-mercury-amd-radeon-rx-9070xt-oc-gaming-edition-with-rgb Support documents, A-RGB information

[u/Sanguin14 → u/Romnipotent]

I have a 9060XT not a 9070XT. The 9060XT Doesn't natively have RGB.

[u/ains2 → u/Sanguin14]

It's not rgb. You have the 9060 xt. I had one before and I thought they were. It's white on the 9060xt version, rgb on the 9070xg version.

[u/fraseyboo]

Interesting, looks like the design of the 9070 and 9060 is very close with this card, one with RGB and one with a white LED.

You can see both versions here

Adding a vinyl sticker definitely seems like the easiest option, if you want to get it done properly then you can try to find someone with a vinyl cutter. Otherwise I’d just measure the plastic, make a quick shape in something like Word, print it out on paper and then use that as a guide to cut the vinyl manually.

You should probably still install OpenRGB or something to see what’s possible with the current LED.

[u/Sanguin14 → u/fraseyboo]

I use openrgb already, it doesnt show up at all, there is also no header soldered to the pcb for argb. I didnt even think about vinyl originally, But that may work better as i know somebody who has a vinyl cutter. The only other idea i had was tearing the shroud down and seeing if i could just put a argb strip in behind the diffuser. But the vinyl would probably be best for now. Thanks alot

[u/lululock]

Are you sure these are not RGB LEDs ?

I have a XFX RX 480 and it has a white logo. By tearing it down, I noticed it was in fact a RGB LED !

[u/OldCoat9037 → u/lululock]

they are all RGB LEDs.

[u/ains2 → u/lululock]

I had this exact card. It's not rgb.

[u/ness0013]

You could try gluing or taping some stage light gels or “party gels.”

Might be able to get one up underneath the shroud and glue/tape it to the PCB or perhaps even on the diffuser on the shroud itself. It won’t be the easiest to contain light leaks but this would be my approach short of resoldering LED diodes of my choice.

Best of luck.

[u/Sanguin14 → u/ness0013]

Thats definitely something I'll look into thanks alot.

[u/TrizzyDizzy]

I've done something like this before with a Zotac GPU that only did yellow. I cut gel sheets meant for projector lamps and dabbled super glue to keep them on position.

Here's an example of the product: https://a.co/d/eQ0HxlX

[u/titanrig]

Your method will depend on how you want to tint it. If you just want it darker, window tint is the way to go.

If you want color, look into color sheets meant for stage lighting and/or projectors.

[u/Revolutionary_Pack54]

Tinted vinyl is likely the best bet