[New Device] GIGABYTE B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E ICE

Name of device:

GIGABYTE B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E ICE

Link to manufacturer's product page:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B850M-AORUS-ELITE-WIFI6E-ICE-rev-10

Please select what type of device/interface the device uses:

DeviceTypeSMBus

ID information:

  • Motherboard:

    • Manufacturer: Gigabyte

    • Product: B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E ICE

    • Retrieved via:

      wmic baseboard get manufacturer,product
  • LPCIO / Super I/O:
    • Model: ITE IT8696E/AX
    • Reported by HWiNFO
    • Likely connected via SMBus or direct I/O port (commonly 0x2E or 0x4E)
    • Responsible for controlling the onboard 5V ARGB header
    • Not currently recognized by the OpenRGB Gigabyte plugin
  • SMBus Controller:

    • AMD Promontory 21L FCH – SMBus and ACPI Controller

    • Device ID:

      PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_790B&SUBSYS_50011458&REV_71

    • Driver: AMD SMBUS v2.0.0.23 (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)

    • Confirmed via HWiNFO (PCI bus 0:20:0)

  • Detection Status:
    • RGB Fusion 2.0 correctly controls the onboard ARGB header
    • OpenRGB (v0.9.1331) does not detect this header or the ITE chip
    • I am willing to test builds and provide register dumps or debug logs if needed

Please attach screenshots of the device's official control application here:

➡️ Attached: RGB Fusion 2.0 screenshot showing ARGB control active

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Please attach device captures here:

➡️ Not currently available, but I’m open to providing SMBus traffic captures or logic analyzer traces if needed.
➡️ Can also run debug OpenRGB builds and return logs on request.

Checklist for Step2

  • Name of device
  • A link to the vendors product page has been included
  • The transport bus has been identified and the appropriate label added to the issue.
  • The device ID's have been included for USB or PCI
  • Screenshots of the OEM Application are included
  • There is either, appropriate code examples linked or suitable device captures attached
Edited by HypeMachine