[Z490-I] Turn-off audio jack LEDs

[Tolman]

Hi all,

I just bought a Z490-I motherboard and I'm very happy of it but I don't managed to turn-off audio jack LEDs located behind the MB (see picture)



I'm using my monitor's sound output hence it's projecting a big halo on the wall



I've searched in the BIOS settings and the Armoury crate software without success
I managed to turn all LEDs on the MB except for these ones

Did I miss something?
Any help would be appreciated 🙂

[pained]

This was asked not too long ago, don't think its possible for this particular motherboard.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?119312-Z490-ROG-Bling-RGB-Bling-Audio-jacks-how-to-turn-of...

[Tolman]

pained wrote:
This was asked not too long ago, don't think its possible for this particular motherboard.

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?119312-Z490-ROG-Bling-RGB-Bling-Audio-jacks-how-to-turn-of...

Arghh... that's not ideal...

I guess I will buy some headphone connectors or salvage old ones to plug them, it would be better than black tape 😄

Thanks for pointing me to the other thread.

[morello1n]

You could also look for a "dust cover", which are readily available on Amazon. I'm considering that myself since I have an external USB DAC and use my front panel microphone jack...

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=3.5mm+dust+cover&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

[Mountainlifter]

morello1n wrote:
You could also look for a "dust cover", which are readily available on Amazon. I'm considering that myself since I have an external USB DAC and use my front panel microphone jack...

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=3.5mm+dust+cover&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

I've been searching for something of this sort for a few days now. What I am unsure about is whether these sort of plugs activate the audio jack detection switches.



From https://www.amazon.com/Black-3-5mm-Headphone-Dustproof-Iphone/dp/B00AAB4TU6/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&key...

[Mountainlifter]

I found an easy solution.

I'd bought Noctua's Anti-vibration nails for mounting fans to PC cases. I hate threading screws into the unthreaded plastic of any case fan. So, I always use these anti-vibration nails. https://www.amazon.sg/gp/product/B071W6KYCG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So, I cut down the unused ones and just repurposed them as anti-dust plugs. Cheers.





EDIT: And I can confirm they do not activate the internal audio jack detection switches. Nor do they get hot and melt.

[xeromist]

Great solution! Better than gummy tape residue.

[flagrant99]

Does this shut off the lights or just cover them up. Trying to get these to off in Sleep State.

[xeromist]

flagrant99 wrote:
Does this shut off the lights or just cover them up. Trying to get these to off in Sleep State.

They are non-conductive so the port does not know they are there and the light status would not change. (not sure if the lights ever turn off.) I would not recommend sticking anything conductive in there.