I've made numerous adapters for Corsair's 3 pin lighting channels so I can run non Corsair products off of Lighting Node Pro's and use ICUE to control them. lol I have literally 10 LNP mounted under my desk running tons of stuff outside of the PC that are powered from an underpowered PC PSU I had from an old PC. Their USB is ran to a big hub which is ran to the back of the motherboard. I have tons of stuff like 4 LED towers I've made that are similar to Corsair's LT100 towers, and even some LED rings I shielded from the heat and modded into a couple of lava lamps to make color changing lamps. As well as numerous LED strips behind my TV, monitor, and around the desk. Those adapters are easy peasy to make since it's just 3 connections to 3 connections. But for the 4 pin fan connections that the RGB hub and both types of Commander Core uses, to 3 pin ARGB, I just bought a couple of those on ebay. That was back before I started making my own adapters. But now I wanted to add a third product to a RGB hub and make my own adapter for the fan controllers as well. I know Corsair fans has 2 data lines, 1 for normal 3 pin ARGB, and 1 for how they can have modes that travel from fan to fan and is why you have to plug them in order starting with port 1 then 2 then so on. But I didn't know exactly the pinout so I wasn't sure which pin should be missing. Now I can easily make a 4 pin Corsair fan to 3 pin JST-SM adapter thanks to this vid. Thank you sir. 😍 Edit: I tried this pinout in my 4 pin Corsair to 3 pin JST-SM and it worked. Sort of anyways. IE it only worked for port 1 of the RGB hub. With only 1 data line connected to the 4 pin Corsair molex, the LED strips I had on port 2 of the RGB hub froze in the mode they were displaying when I unplugged port 1. So to get port 2 and the rest of the ports above it to work again you also have to connect the second data line into the mix of the adapter. So what I did was make a Y splitter with the data line and added both ends of the Y to the 4 pin Corsair molex connector. I just used some self soldering butt connectors to make the Y splitter. I highly recommend those BTW. You basically have to try to screw it up. Just strip the rubber off the ends of the wire, shove them until the bare end is under the solder ball in the middle, and apply heat. Many sales of them say not to use a lighter but you totally can, but a heat gun works best. Self soldering butt connectors are available on Amazon as well as numerous other places. Connecting the second data line allows the RGB hub to continue the data signal to the rest of the ports. lol I feel kinda stupid I didn't think about that before. So if any are trying to do the opposite of this vid and get non Corsair products to work off of a Corsair 4 pin fan controller, your pinout on the Corsair molex will be 5v, data, data, and ground. Then combine the 2 data into 1 and run it to whichever other 3 pin ARGB connector you're trying to make an adapter for. And since I'm here again I might as well add how this works. When doing this you're basically turning the RGB hub into a 6 port splitter. IE you can only get 1 data signal from ICUE that will be shared to all 6 ports. So you lose the ability of modes that can travel from fan to fan or LED strip to LED strip or what have you to what have you like RGB hubs can normaly do with Corsair fans. Like I mentioned above that's the whole reason Corsair fans are 4 pin to begin with.
i have been spinning in circles for years cause i still cant seem to get what i want ...i want to be able to control each argb device individually, these other devices are just splitters right ? it doesnt show up each output as adressable right ? the only way i have been able to do this is using corsair and the corsair hub which works but i dont want to use corsair for all my products ....
Hi BrandonMitchell84, I completely understand your dilemma! The Adapter cable in this video would adapt a corsair fan (4 pin RGB) to a 3 pin 5v ARGB connector for use with non corsair controllers (or motherboard). This works great, but may not give you individual control over the fan. You may be more interested in this video: ruclips.net/video/DJX71YFDkhI/видео.html Connect any ARGB device to a 4 PIN Corsair connector - Adapter cable from Airgoo This cable converts the 4 pin corsair connector on the controller to a 5v 3 pin ARGB connector, with this cable you can connect non-corsair devices to the fan port of the controller. This would give you control over the device in icue.... Its not perfect, icue cannot define non-corsair devices on the port, so you have to manually select from one of the corsair fans that closely matches the number of LED's, but for most devices this works fine. So in icue the device will appear as a fan, but you can control it individually. Check that video out, I think thats what you're looking for. Good Luck, have fun, and thanks for watching!!!!
Hi there! First off, I want to express my gratitude for your videos and assistance. I have a question regarding RGB neon flex ropes. These ropes typically come with 4 pins, but I need to adapt one to work with only 2 pins. My idea is to synchronize the turning on of the main RGB rope (with 4 pins) to also activate the neon rope (with 2 pins). I've been searching for an adapter or a solution to achieve this, but I'm struggling to find the best approach. If you have any ideas on how to accomplish this, I would greatly appreciate your help.
Good video. If I may suggest, the lines pointing out the ground,data and 5volt are confusing to us with automotive background. Why not switch the colors around to make them more conventional with dc wiring. Red for 5volt, ground black, and blue for data.
Hi @gomd3rd, Thanks for the feedback, that's great advice and a point I hadn't thought through well enough. I will implement that in future videos. Awesome stuff, thank you for your support and for watching!!!
I have a question to ask. I purchased an led strip from Dollarama and on the strip it says 5v R G B. I have an Inwin fan laying around with a 3 pin argb connector. Is it possible to connect the led strip to the 3 pin connector to use it with the argb hub and software?
I have connected the same Fan on this video on ARGB header of my asus motherboard. Leds are turned on, but I can't control they inside Aura Sync. Do I need the adapter to be able to change colors?
Hello @HardwareArtisan , once again thanks for such great videos about that "lovely" Corsair environment......but I do have another question : can I connect the 5V led connector from my Asus rog thor PSU than I actually have plugged into my Asus motherboard ? and the Asus Herculix GPU rgb holder 5V too ( in order for me to control the leds with Murals ) /// Murals is just great when videogaming but my MB/GPU/PSU are Asus. Icue recognizes GPU and MB but not the PSU.... Or should I just try one of the third party software control program to try to "rule them all" ? ;) I feel than corsair is slowly slowly kindda loosing control on their proprietary devices between non Corsair cables over the web and new third party control softwares going "viral" lately ;) That's why they created Murals and Link more recently I believe.
Hi, is there another name for the "patch cable" you showed at 6:10? I've tried searching 'patch cable' and completely different cables come up every time. They look like ethernet cables, not even close to what is shown. Also, what is that hub that the cable is plugged into? It looks like I need both of them.
Hi des1914, that cable is just an ARGB splitter cable, there isn't anything special about it, i was using it to carry the argb signal from the hub to the splitty hub, it's this exact cable here: www.amazon.com/dp/B097JS75LV?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_ABZXJJS9WJ1QE86T3Z9M The hub I used here was a splitty from aquacomputer, this hub has the 4 pin corsair (molex) fan connectors. Alternatively, here is the adapter cable, that will adapt corsair fans to 3 pain ARGB. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHW3SYHP?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_YATSBK49HX6WD4KD83VX You can get the ARGB signal from your motherboard, or other RGB source. Normally you just use a corsair controller to do all of this, but if you want a signal from your motherboard or other 3 pin argb source, you can use these solutions. Good Luck and Have Fun!!!
Really enjoy the content, thanks! I did want to mention the splitty you have linked to Amazon is not the same as you have shown here. The one that you have shown has an "ASUS" 3pin ARGB connection in the top corner and the one on Amazon does not.
Thanks oldschoolgamer711, i've corrected that and pointed out the amazon one is not the same as the one in the video. I put the link to PPCS if you want to check it out. Cheaper there, but may have to pay for shipping. Thanks again, you're awesome!!!
You are very welcome. I think I am going to go the cable route to get them all connected to my ARGB controller. Thanks again, really enjoy the content.@@HardwareArtisan
1:00 - On the first plug you labeled it 5 D _ G 1:05 - On the sec plug you labeled it G D _ 5 So which is it? Plugging these plugs together wired this way will short the 5V supply!
Hi lazzer408, these pinouts are correct, these are 2 different connectors, the point I was trying to make was you need to line up 5v to 5v, data to data and ground to ground and since the standard 3 Pin ARGB connector and the Corsair 4 Pin connector are laid out different physcially, you need to take care in getting it straight, I wasn't suggesting you connect exactly as it is in it's physical layout. As you stated, don't cross wire them, that's trouble. It might not be crystal clear in some case, in which case, I'd suggest using the pre-made adapter cables. Thanks for pointing that out, being careful is key....Thanks for watching!!!
Also, blue for ground? Black for power? Red for data? 0V (ground) = black 5v (power) = red Data can be blue if you wish. It's incredibly easy to screw this up with so many inconsistencies.
Hi @nobodycares9398, although I didn't specifically try this with the ml series fans, it uses the same 4 pin connector shown in the video and should work just fine with the adapter I demonstrated here. I agree, those fans are not cheap and this offers a great way to get the RGB working without having to buy a bunch of corsair controllers. Let me know how it works and keep having fun!! Thanks for your support and for watching!!!
Is it safe to buy adapter cable? I have very expensive rig and i dont want anything to happend but its only option because i dont wanna install corsair app to control single fan that i have (i had more but my aio died)
I have a ASUS X370 Crosshair VI hero mother board; it only has 4 pin RGB connectors on the mother board; however the CPU cooler fans are 3 pin for The RGB; every time I search for 4 pin connectors; it just shows me a molex connector which is not what I am after; I have to find four pin RGB connector on the mother board assignment; maybe I can just take a pair of diag cutters and cut the offending pin off the mother board .. lol; long shot but I cannot be certain until I research the specs. Thank for the content. Peace
Hiya Dude nice vid. I have issue and trying to like you did with the cables to find the right info. Basically I got a few cases that came with rgb fans, they have a argb out for connecting to the mobo but these fans have 4 pins similar to the corsair molex but the fan is included in them 4 pins. So they don't have a separate connecter for fans. You ever converted them to fan and rgb.
Hello 👋🏻 im not seeing the link to the premade cable assemblies, can anyone help? My son has a lian li case that doesnt have the controller so i bought him the corsair commander xt to control the leds but the connections arent the same.
i need help i just bought new fans , my new fans are 4 pin females . my old fans are 3 pin females.. is there a way to hook my new fans . an adaptor i cant find anything to help me
Hi blacktopgaming2155, I'm assuming you've purchased Corsair RGB fans based on the fact you mentioned 4 pin females. These fans, with the 4 pin connector, use a Corsair Controller to work, I'm not sure exactly which fans you are referring to with the 3 pin femails. You can purchase one of several corsair RGB controllers that would work, I'd suggest the CORE XT. But, this Video outlines a few ways to adapt the corsair 4 pin fans to standard 3 pin ARGB, which you could then connect to an RGB hub which would in turn connect to your motherboard RGB header or something similar. If that doesn't help, let me know the model of fans you have and what RGB controller you are using for the 3 pin fans. Thanks for watching!!!
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I've made numerous adapters for Corsair's 3 pin lighting channels so I can run non Corsair products off of Lighting Node Pro's and use ICUE to control them. lol I have literally 10 LNP mounted under my desk running tons of stuff outside of the PC that are powered from an underpowered PC PSU I had from an old PC. Their USB is ran to a big hub which is ran to the back of the motherboard. I have tons of stuff like 4 LED towers I've made that are similar to Corsair's LT100 towers, and even some LED rings I shielded from the heat and modded into a couple of lava lamps to make color changing lamps. As well as numerous LED strips behind my TV, monitor, and around the desk. Those adapters are easy peasy to make since it's just 3 connections to 3 connections. But for the 4 pin fan connections that the RGB hub and both types of Commander Core uses, to 3 pin ARGB, I just bought a couple of those on ebay. That was back before I started making my own adapters. But now I wanted to add a third product to a RGB hub and make my own adapter for the fan controllers as well. I know Corsair fans has 2 data lines, 1 for normal 3 pin ARGB, and 1 for how they can have modes that travel from fan to fan and is why you have to plug them in order starting with port 1 then 2 then so on. But I didn't know exactly the pinout so I wasn't sure which pin should be missing. Now I can easily make a 4 pin Corsair fan to 3 pin JST-SM adapter thanks to this vid. Thank you sir. 😍
Edit: I tried this pinout in my 4 pin Corsair to 3 pin JST-SM and it worked. Sort of anyways. IE it only worked for port 1 of the RGB hub. With only 1 data line connected to the 4 pin Corsair molex, the LED strips I had on port 2 of the RGB hub froze in the mode they were displaying when I unplugged port 1. So to get port 2 and the rest of the ports above it to work again you also have to connect the second data line into the mix of the adapter. So what I did was make a Y splitter with the data line and added both ends of the Y to the 4 pin Corsair molex connector. I just used some self soldering butt connectors to make the Y splitter. I highly recommend those BTW. You basically have to try to screw it up. Just strip the rubber off the ends of the wire, shove them until the bare end is under the solder ball in the middle, and apply heat. Many sales of them say not to use a lighter but you totally can, but a heat gun works best. Self soldering butt connectors are available on Amazon as well as numerous other places. Connecting the second data line allows the RGB hub to continue the data signal to the rest of the ports. lol I feel kinda stupid I didn't think about that before. So if any are trying to do the opposite of this vid and get non Corsair products to work off of a Corsair 4 pin fan controller, your pinout on the Corsair molex will be 5v, data, data, and ground. Then combine the 2 data into 1 and run it to whichever other 3 pin ARGB connector you're trying to make an adapter for.
And since I'm here again I might as well add how this works. When doing this you're basically turning the RGB hub into a 6 port splitter. IE you can only get 1 data signal from ICUE that will be shared to all 6 ports. So you lose the ability of modes that can travel from fan to fan or LED strip to LED strip or what have you to what have you like RGB hubs can normaly do with Corsair fans. Like I mentioned above that's the whole reason Corsair fans are 4 pin to begin with.
i have been spinning in circles for years cause i still cant seem to get what i want ...i want to be able to control each argb device individually, these other devices are just splitters right ? it doesnt show up each output as adressable right ? the only way i have been able to do this is using corsair and the corsair hub which works but i dont want to use corsair for all my products ....
Hi BrandonMitchell84, I completely understand your dilemma! The Adapter cable in this video would adapt a corsair fan (4 pin RGB) to a 3 pin 5v ARGB connector for use with non corsair controllers (or motherboard). This works great, but may not give you individual control over the fan.
You may be more interested in this video: ruclips.net/video/DJX71YFDkhI/видео.html
Connect any ARGB device to a 4 PIN Corsair connector - Adapter cable from Airgoo
This cable converts the 4 pin corsair connector on the controller to a 5v 3 pin ARGB connector, with this cable you can connect non-corsair devices to the fan port of the controller. This would give you control over the device in icue....
Its not perfect, icue cannot define non-corsair devices on the port, so you have to manually select from one of the corsair fans that closely matches the number of LED's, but for most devices this works fine. So in icue the device will appear as a fan, but you can control it individually.
Check that video out, I think thats what you're looking for.
Good Luck, have fun, and thanks for watching!!!!
Hi there! First off, I want to express my gratitude for your videos and assistance. I have a question regarding RGB neon flex ropes. These ropes typically come with 4 pins, but I need to adapt one to work with only 2 pins. My idea is to synchronize the turning on of the main RGB rope (with 4 pins) to also activate the neon rope (with 2 pins). I've been searching for an adapter or a solution to achieve this, but I'm struggling to find the best approach. If you have any ideas on how to accomplish this, I would greatly appreciate your help.
Good video. If I may suggest, the lines pointing out the ground,data and 5volt are confusing to us with automotive background. Why not switch the colors around to make them more conventional with dc wiring. Red for 5volt, ground black, and blue for data.
Hi @gomd3rd, Thanks for the feedback, that's great advice and a point I hadn't thought through well enough. I will implement that in future videos. Awesome stuff, thank you for your support and for watching!!!
I have a question to ask. I purchased an led strip from Dollarama and on the strip it says 5v R G B. I have an Inwin fan laying around with a 3 pin argb connector. Is it possible to connect the led strip to the 3 pin connector to use it with the argb hub and software?
I have connected the same Fan on this video on ARGB header of my asus motherboard. Leds are turned on, but I can't control they inside Aura Sync. Do I need the adapter to be able to change colors?
Hello @HardwareArtisan , once again thanks for such great videos about that "lovely" Corsair environment......but I do have another question : can I connect the 5V led connector from my Asus rog thor PSU than I actually have plugged into my Asus motherboard ? and the Asus Herculix GPU rgb holder 5V too ( in order for me to control the leds with Murals ) /// Murals is just great when videogaming but my MB/GPU/PSU are Asus. Icue recognizes GPU and MB but not the PSU....
Or should I just try one of the third party software control program to try to "rule them all" ? ;)
I feel than corsair is slowly slowly kindda loosing control on their proprietary devices between non Corsair cables over the web and new third party control softwares going "viral" lately ;)
That's why they created Murals and Link more recently I believe.
Is there a way to do this with nzxt rgb fans
Hi, is there another name for the "patch cable" you showed at 6:10? I've tried searching 'patch cable' and completely different cables come up every time. They look like ethernet cables, not even close to what is shown. Also, what is that hub that the cable is plugged into? It looks like I need both of them.
Hi des1914, that cable is just an ARGB splitter cable, there isn't anything special about it, i was using it to carry the argb signal from the hub to the splitty hub, it's this exact cable here:
www.amazon.com/dp/B097JS75LV?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_ABZXJJS9WJ1QE86T3Z9M
The hub I used here was a splitty from aquacomputer, this hub has the 4 pin corsair (molex) fan connectors.
Alternatively, here is the adapter cable, that will adapt corsair fans to 3 pain ARGB.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHW3SYHP?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_YATSBK49HX6WD4KD83VX
You can get the ARGB signal from your motherboard, or other RGB source. Normally you just use a corsair controller to do all of this, but if you want a signal from your motherboard or other 3 pin argb source, you can use these solutions.
Good Luck and Have Fun!!!
Really enjoy the content, thanks! I did want to mention the splitty you have linked to Amazon is not the same as you have shown here. The one that you have shown has an "ASUS" 3pin ARGB connection in the top corner and the one on Amazon does not.
Thanks for the feedback!!! I did not catch that, let me go check and correct it! Thanks for your support and for watching!!!
Thanks oldschoolgamer711, i've corrected that and pointed out the amazon one is not the same as the one in the video. I put the link to PPCS if you want to check it out. Cheaper there, but may have to pay for shipping. Thanks again, you're awesome!!!
You are very welcome. I think I am going to go the cable route to get them all connected to my ARGB controller. Thanks again, really enjoy the content.@@HardwareArtisan
1:00 - On the first plug you labeled it 5 D _ G
1:05 - On the sec plug you labeled it G D _ 5
So which is it? Plugging these plugs together wired this way will short the 5V supply!
Hi lazzer408, these pinouts are correct, these are 2 different connectors, the point I was trying to make was you need to line up 5v to 5v, data to data and ground to ground and since the standard 3 Pin ARGB connector and the Corsair 4 Pin connector are laid out different physcially, you need to take care in getting it straight, I wasn't suggesting you connect exactly as it is in it's physical layout. As you stated, don't cross wire them, that's trouble. It might not be crystal clear in some case, in which case, I'd suggest using the pre-made adapter cables. Thanks for pointing that out, being careful is key....Thanks for watching!!!
Also, blue for ground? Black for power? Red for data?
0V (ground) = black
5v (power) = red
Data can be blue if you wish.
It's incredibly easy to screw this up with so many inconsistencies.
My motherboard has a 12v rgb header that has 4 pins. Can I plug the rgb cable of the fan directly to that header? If not, what is that 4 pin for?
ARGB = 5v, RGB = 12v. You cant mix and match those.
Okay can you do it with ml120 rgb elite fans cuz i got mine a single fan and its kinda depressing for 35 bucks
Hi @nobodycares9398, although I didn't specifically try this with the ml series fans, it uses the same 4 pin connector shown in the video and should work just fine with the adapter I demonstrated here. I agree, those fans are not cheap and this offers a great way to get the RGB working without having to buy a bunch of corsair controllers.
Let me know how it works and keep having fun!! Thanks for your support and for watching!!!
Is it safe to buy adapter cable? I have very expensive rig and i dont want anything to happend but its only option because i dont wanna install corsair app to control single fan that i have (i had more but my aio died)
I have a ASUS X370 Crosshair VI hero mother board; it only has 4 pin RGB connectors on the mother board; however the CPU cooler fans are 3 pin for The RGB; every time I search for 4 pin connectors; it just shows me a molex connector which is not what I am after; I have to find four pin RGB connector on the mother board assignment; maybe I can just take a pair of diag cutters and cut the offending pin off the mother board .. lol; long shot but I cannot be certain until I research the specs.
Thank for the content.
Peace
Got a corsair hub RGB? You can connect a single jumper cable between data pin of the ARGB on MB, and the data pin of the Hub, both middle pins.
Hiya Dude nice vid. I have issue and trying to like you did with the cables to find the right info. Basically I got a few cases that came with rgb fans, they have a argb out for connecting to the mobo but these fans have 4 pins similar to the corsair molex but the fan is included in them 4 pins. So they don't have a separate connecter for fans. You ever converted them to fan and rgb.
Sir, can i sync a molex connector rgb fan with motherboard? ( My motherboard has rgb header)
Hello 👋🏻 im not seeing the link to the premade cable assemblies, can anyone help? My son has a lian li case that doesnt have the controller so i bought him the corsair commander xt to control the leds but the connections arent the same.
Super helpful! Thanks for the informative video and the link to that adapter.
@2:54 why fan fins not spin?
i need help i just bought new fans , my new fans are 4 pin females . my old fans are 3 pin females.. is there a way to hook my new fans . an adaptor i cant find anything to help me
Hi blacktopgaming2155, I'm assuming you've purchased Corsair RGB fans based on the fact you mentioned 4 pin females. These fans, with the 4 pin connector, use a Corsair Controller to work, I'm not sure exactly which fans you are referring to with the 3 pin femails. You can purchase one of several corsair RGB controllers that would work, I'd suggest the CORE XT.
But, this Video outlines a few ways to adapt the corsair 4 pin fans to standard 3 pin ARGB, which you could then connect to an RGB hub which would in turn connect to your motherboard RGB header or something similar. If that doesn't help, let me know the model of fans you have and what RGB controller you are using for the 3 pin fans.
Thanks for watching!!!
Thank you
You're welcome! Thank you for watching @robertbatty!!!