Razer Synapse…why did you take over my RGB?

So I decided to try a new Razer Viper V3 Hyperspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse (whew!).

I installed Razer Synapse to configure the DPI. All my RGB settings then proceeded to get reset, 3 fans had no lights, and my light strip was now only half-lit.

“Why?” I thought to myself. “This mouse doesn’t even have RGB!”

I had not asked it to reset my settings from ASRock RGB Polychrome (nor did it ask!). It just decided to take over, like a virus.

I figured omitting Razer Chroma would have been enough.

There is nowhere in the settings to tell Synapse to relinquish control, either. It is just enabled. Permanently as far as I can tell.

A quick Google mentions how it appears you used to be able to tell Polychrome to sync with Synapse or Chroma or something. Inside Synapse it states I am using an X870 Taichi…uhm, no. I am not rich, Razer. It’s an X870 Pro. It doesn’t even have the RGB areas Razer wanted me to configure.

By this point I was much too frustrated. I set the one DPI I plan to ever use and promptly just uninstalled the software.

I will state, the mouse feels wonderful. I much prefer the shape to the Logitech G703 I also recently purchased.

But the experience would have been exceptional had it not decided to wreck my RGB setup. Instead it was frustrating. I did try, briefly, to get all the lights lit up again but no combination of adjusting number of LEDs or etc brought them back. I think it’s because it was only detecting two of the ARGB headers for whatever reason.

By comparison, Logitech G-Pro software is amazing. No frills. Configure your mouse. Configure RGB if you want. Done.