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* If you are not trying to use OpenRGB to control RGB RAM or motherboard LEDs, you may skip this section.
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* ASUS and ASRock motherboards have their RGB controller on a secondary SMBus interface and requires a Linux kernel > 5.7 <sup>[commit](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f27237c174fd9653033330e4e532cd9d153ce824)</sup>
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* Allowing access to SMBus:
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1. Load the i2c-dev module: `sudo modprobe i2c-dev`
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2. Load the i2c driver for your chipset:
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1. Install the `i2c-tools` package.
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2. Load the i2c-dev module: `sudo modprobe i2c-dev`
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3. Create the i2c group if it does not already exist: `sudo groupadd --system i2c`
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4. Add yourself to the i2c group: `sudo usermod $USER -aG i2c`
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5. If you want you can load the i2c-dev module at boot: `sudo touch /etc/modules-load.d/i2c.conf && sudo sh -c 'echo "i2c-dev" >> /etc/modules-load.d/i2c.conf'`
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6. Load the i2c driver for your chipset:
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<details>
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<summary><h6>Intel</h6></summary>
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