Cablemod strip leaking thick gooey clear substance.

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All along the length of the strip.

It's very thick and extremely sticky. Hopefully when I go to clean it (suggestions?) I don't remove paint. The strip is maybe three months old.

System not overclocked. Using supplied header lead to asus aura header.

WTH?
 

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Ew that's nasty. I would think that was either in a really hot place or some voltage got messed up somewhere and it got too hot in that way, maybe a blown resistor or something. Those strips don't just start melting resin for no reason.
 
yeah the plastic cover is melting.... that's not a good sign. Was it near anything heat generating?

If not, then something on the strip is fucked up and hot enough to melt plastic/resin... which is BAD NEWS
 
Actually it runs very cool.
Asuss strix z270
6700k non o/c
Nzxt kraken x61
16gb corsair vengeance love
Samsung 500gb nvme ssd
Two fans in front
Two fans on x61 in the roof position
One rear fan.

It is not a widebeam model, just a regular one.

It was still working.

So I'm not sure where to start , asus aura header issue , strip defect ?
 
All along the length of the strip.

It's very thick and extremely sticky. Hopefully when I go to clean it (suggestions?) I don't remove paint. The strip is maybe three months old.

System not overclocked. Using supplied header lead to asus aura header.

WTH?

Looks like the weatherproof coating is just slowly melting off as the strip warms up. VERY slowly.

I'd pull them and put in some non-coated strips personally. Why put in weather/waterproof if it's not needed?

To remove the reside, warm it up with a hairdryer or heatgun on low. It should come right off without damaging anything.
 
Do you have an infrared heat thermometer to validate if the led light strip is getting too hot? A quick shot would do it but it sounds like you need to remove the strip.
 
Probably obvious, but confirm you're using the right voltage. I've seen led strips for 5V and 12V source voltage. It should say on the end of the strip next to the cut marks.
 
Probably obvious, but confirm you're using the right voltage. I've seen led strips for 5V and 12V source voltage. It should say on the end of the strip next to the cut marks.

It doesn't say on the package, just grabbed it at microcenter a couple of months back. I asked the DIY guy for what to use and he said he knew a good bit about case lighting... so..
 
...could be a substandard resin or just a defective batch. replace it with a non waterproof version.
This^ If the LEDs or resistors were getting hot enough to melt the coating, they would quickly fail. Likewise, if you were running 5v strips on 12v, they would quickly overheat and fail. I would either contact the manufacturer for a replacement or just cut my losses and get another (non-encased) strip.
 
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