I got in the 5 pin extension cables and used a USB2 port expander to connect a single motherboard USB2 header to the IO board via the pair of split cables.  This basically provided 2 amps of current total instead of the 1/2 amp per half USB2 port.  I did not want to use my USB3 header to power that LED IO board.  I was unable to find 5 pin female-female so was stuck with the longer extension and having to find a place to wind them up.  The LEDs morph fine with AWCC 4.8.0.23.  The thermal controller is set to run automatically which is needed to  make the LEDs work with AWCC.  Since there are no thermal sensors there is a startup warning about thermals not working.   [IMAGE] Video showing the morphing that shows up right after powering on or waking up from sleep. [URL]
I'm considering MSI's Z790 offerings for an Area-51 R5 2023 upgrade (originally an i7 7800x/1080Ti updated to i7 9800x, RTX 3080) to comfortably run MSFS 2020 in VR. Not sure of the case LED Compatibiity issues with these new MSI boards but interested in having the same lighting theme features. I expect the PSU at 1500W is sufficient for the new Mobo and i9 CPU/3080 GPU. The Liquid cooling however i expect to need the three fan option, and a replacement of the standard fans as Mobi666 [URL] and his follow-up on [URL] Any motherboard recommendations best suited for this triad case ??
Area-51 R5, i9 13900ks upgrade and LGA1700 motherboard options