Yeah, I think I fried my fan LEDs by plugging them into a MSI 12V header (poorly labeled). So pissed, but at least the fans spin up and work. I'll live with it for now.
Dude I just built a PC after 15 years of not doing so... back then everything was powered via Molex or SATA... I did connect a 3-pin into a 4-pin, but thank god nothing died... I guess maybe the RGB leds died a little? I will be more careful next time! This video is GOATED!
Funny this gets recommended to me the day after I fry my board in almost the same way. PSU that was released in 2023 for some unknown reason had a FDD connector (yes, floppy drive) coming off the molex cable and since the molex cables were connected to the fans, I assumed the FDD connector was a fan connector since they look similar enough. Plugged it into a fan header and now the board is dead.
I see a 3 pin black header next to the black 4 pin labelled D-LED and the motherboard website says it’s for addressable LED’s, can I plug my fans into there?
If you haven’t done it yet, a simple way of knowing where to plug it in is looking at the wires on your fans. Is there 3 wires or 4 on the RGB cable? If there’s 3 wires, plug into the 3 pin.
@@Lzy_4 well it says never plug a 3 pin into a 4 pin prong a lot of case fans plug fine into 4 pin motherboard headers so its not always accurate if i had to guess idk i made this comment a month ago so im assuming thats what i was thinking idr
I plugged that thing into the regular spot but connected to it was another cord that was also 3 pin but without that missing one and it fried that cables but my fans work and they still have light so I got lucky
Ground is an important thing, if you dont have it... All of your devices will have electric feel, i have no ground in my room so the metal parts in my : keyboard, pc, even my phone when its plugged to my pc can give my a small amount of electricity shook.
Hey! I have question= i bought jonsbo cr 1400 ARGB cpu cooler and it has 2x ARGB connectors 1 connector have pins and another connector didn”t have pins and i dont have ARGB header in my mobo cause its asrock b450m hdv r4.0) how do i connect rgb lights should i bought ARGB controller or hub?
Maybe a dumb question, but I am trying to connect my addressable rgb led lights together. Does it matter if the pins for the light strip are in this order (+5V, N/A, D, GND) instead of (+5V, D, N/A, GND) ?
I have connected the 3 pin of the fans correctly to the argb header. Fans supports aurasync as advertised. But aurasync and signal rgb software doesn't detect the fans. I can't change the rgb color.
I have a question,I have the cooler sistem with a cable 3 pin 5 v but the motherboard have the 4 pin 12 v someone know something’s like an adapter to use ?
Bruh i have 2 ARGB headers. The three way splitter for the corsair H100x Rgb elite just will not connect to either of the headers or the argb/fan controller for some reason. Im connecting it the way its supposed to be connected with the arrow. But it just WILL NOT GO. The other ARGB connectors i have work just fine. Can someone help just a teenie bitt.
the three way splitter has three 4 pin connectors (connect the 4 pin cable to one of these) and one 3 pain connector (you connect this to the 3 pin addressable RGB on the motherboard). i think... lol.
@@ulysses4989 i'm currently trying to get the front plate to light up. haven't figured it out yet. i think it's because on the 3 way splitter you have to connect the front plate to splitter #1 (but they're not labeled so who knows). my motherboard is x570 asus.
@@ulysses4989 i just figured it out... the 4 pin RGB is not meant to go into one of those two RGB Headers. It's meant to go into the 3 way splitter Corsair gives you. There's 3 RGB headers on it, and a 3 pin on the other end. The 3 pin goes into your motherboards 3 pin RGB header (pin 3 is blank). The RGB header from the core has to go into one of the 3 splitters. It MATTERS which one you put it in. I put it in what I thought was #1 but the center would not light up. I just changed it to #2 and now it lights up. Hope this helps.
@retrobrahhh I don't believe I had a splitter in the box.. what does it look like? Are the pins exposed on this particular splitter or am I looking at a different one I believe you're talking about the proprietary connector? And I have no commander core
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Yeah, I think I fried my fan LEDs by plugging them into a MSI 12V header (poorly labeled). So pissed, but at least the fans spin up and work. I'll live with it for now.
same situation :( hows your LEDs?
dude i was about to the same thing, ty for the warning
Same lol, that yesterday 3 pin to 4 pin lol. Leds are gone dammit
had an earthquake. pc got so shaken andd now, not even working lol
same for me, lol
I searched 3 hours to find this out
lol me too
Now I'm tired cuz its not plugging 😢
Yeah I fried my LEDs of my front fans... This needs to be talked about more in the PC building community
holy crap it took me so long to find this video
Dude I just built a PC after 15 years of not doing so... back then everything was powered via Molex or SATA... I did connect a 3-pin into a 4-pin, but thank god nothing died... I guess maybe the RGB leds died a little? I will be more careful next time! This video is GOATED!
Funny this gets recommended to me the day after I fry my board in almost the same way. PSU that was released in 2023 for some unknown reason had a FDD connector (yes, floppy drive) coming off the molex cable and since the molex cables were connected to the fans, I assumed the FDD connector was a fan connector since they look similar enough. Plugged it into a fan header and now the board is dead.
I see a 3 pin black header next to the black 4 pin labelled D-LED and the motherboard website says it’s for addressable LED’s, can I plug my fans into there?
If you haven’t done it yet, a simple way of knowing where to plug it in is looking at the wires on your fans. Is there 3 wires or 4 on the RGB cable? If there’s 3 wires, plug into the 3 pin.
I think its safe my fans leds are pluged in d_led
Thanks, I was about to do this but decided to look it up first.
So never connect a 3 pin to a 4 pin…
Uhhh ohhh… 😬
ur fine this video is wrong its probably a meme video
That IS not a meme. Unless you get a adapter, your rgb gets 7 V more than it's supposed to, that ain't good @@yuyuy193
It can destroy your Mobo and Fan.
It s not hard to put it in the wrong connector.(first build)
@@yuyuy193how is it wrong
@@Lzy_4 well it says never plug a 3 pin into a 4 pin prong a lot of case fans plug fine into 4 pin motherboard headers so its not always accurate if i had to guess idk i made this comment a month ago so im assuming thats what i was thinking idr
Yep, ive blown the LED's yesterday because connected the ARGB 3 pins to 4 pin connector, the LEDs are dead but the fans working. :(
js did that think my whole pc dead
@@Twindraccs oh sht man sorry to hear, R u sure its all dead?
@@liav1609 yea nothing will turn on but the led on my cooler
This Razer Chroma is 3 pin, but every argb fan is 4 pin. Do you need 3 pin fans?
nice, time to install some lian li strimer cables and use the signal rgb software👍
Do i have to unplug my fan out of Molex or CHA_FAN connector before plug it into ARGB fan port ?
underrated video
yep, accidently fried my 12v header on my motherboard cause when i built my pc i didn’t know that😅
Information that is priceless! Also love how you show the exact mobo I have at the end 😂. So true, the placement is piss poor on that board
Can you also please do a video or short on armoury crate this is not detecting my chassis, ram and cpu fan.. for rgb control
Which way should we plug the cable in?
They only plug in one way
I plugged that thing into the regular spot but connected to it was another cord that was also 3 pin but without that missing one and it fried that cables but my fans work and they still have light so I got lucky
If you don’t know what a grounder is, it’s basically something that keeps said cable in place.
Ground is an important thing, if you dont have it... All of your devices will have electric feel, i have no ground in my room so the metal parts in my : keyboard, pc, even my phone when its plugged to my pc can give my a small amount of electricity shook.
@@RedxAx2 And we can’t forget the ground! If the ground wasn’t there we would all fall infinitely :D
@@honoredtiger 🤣🤣🤣
Hey! I have question= i bought jonsbo cr 1400 ARGB cpu cooler and it has 2x ARGB connectors 1 connector have pins and another connector didn”t have pins and i dont have ARGB header in my mobo cause its asrock b450m hdv r4.0) how do i connect rgb lights should i bought ARGB controller or hub?
Can we operate 3 pin cooling fan by mobile charger
Maybe a dumb question, but I am trying to connect my addressable rgb led lights together. Does it matter if the pins for the light strip are in this order (+5V, N/A, D, GND) instead of (+5V, D, N/A, GND) ?
wish i saw this sooner… fried my motherboard like an idiot a while back…
fried mine yesterday 😂 cause of thos
@@cronikz2673 how did you fried it?
How did you fried it?
Seriously guys, isnt it more logical to just frie rgb lights? Like I did? 😂 I board though is fine
Fake af!
My motherboard doesn't have any rgb headers. Do you know any other ways that I can get rgb on my fans?
Buy a controller but you cant sync with the app, but there is a remote
my gpu has 3 pin and 4 pin rgb plug... which one should I use? ( I only need 1 right? like either to use 3 pin or 4 pin?)
Which one do I use if I have both
This video made me hate my life knowing I've been using a controller for years to find a connector on my mobo at the very bottom
Is gigabyte d_led 3 pins argb?
Didn't understand. So 12v pwm cannot be used for ARGB?
I have connected the 3 pin of the fans correctly to the argb header. Fans supports aurasync as advertised. But aurasync and signal rgb software doesn't detect the fans. I can't change the rgb color.
Can someone answer me please, i plugged in the three pin with the foor pin and my pc won't turn on. What's the problem?
you fried your mother board
@@fxpreston and i can't repair it, i mean i need i new motherboard now ?
@@zvingoosadly yes
so where do i install the aio rgb header it has 3 pin
This is how I can control my rgb light on my fan?
BUT WHY ON YOUR MOBO THEY WRITE RGB HEADER BELOW THE 12V HEADER?!
RGB and ARGB are different
@@SignalRGB
Oh i didn't notice the A 🥴 thank you! 🙏
what to do when I get a case with 3 pin fans and my mobo has no 3 pins?
Been looking for this for the last 4 days
I only have a 4 pin rgb header, can I connect the drgb cable from my case to it (3 pin)
What if my motherboard doesn’t have one
I need that adapter if I have a 12v Strip RGB? I can't connect directly to the 12V JRGB?
the jrgb header is just dots in the board there's no pins to put the 5v into it can someone tell me if I need to buy the pins or it's just broken ?
Yeah my son mixed the 3 pin with the 4 pin. Cooked a hard drive and all his USB ports. This is such a poor design being able to connect the two.
I blew my water cooler the other day and nobody could tell me why. I think u just did
Kkkkkk power😊
I might be dumb but mine has 4 pins and I don’t know what to do
so, does that mean i can plug nzxt aio's 4 pin rgb cable into my 4 pin mobo rgb header? (my mobo is asus rog b550)
Thats basically the purpose
What if I have a 12v 3 pin header ? Is that's normal? If so where does that go on a Asus motherboard
Same question
Very helpful!
I have a question,I have the cooler sistem with a cable 3 pin 5 v but the motherboard have the 4 pin 12 v someone know something’s like an adapter to use ?
I do this mistake in past 😂
Just connected my 3 pin rgb fan into and 4 pin, now it beeps.
If i conect a 3pin on 2pin ?
Thank you sir!
Only damage.Is it because you plug it in the wrong way
and the plug is so loose it doesn't stay in and the fans rgb goes white
You can plug a 3 pin into a 4 pin or vice verse no problems atall
you cannot plug a 4 pin fan into a 3 pin connector
@@VVilla1n yes you can
You can, there is a pin for power, pin for ground, and pin for data. The 4th is extra to for better controlly of rpm
i can’t get it in bruh i know where it goes its just hard to put in
How do I hook my argb fans that come standard with every case to my b550 motherboard
I’m trying to figure out the same right now, did you ever figure it out?
@@codenamekng turns out motherboard had a spot to hook the Corsair fan hub into so it wasn’t a problem
Thank you.
Is h61 has rgb header
Just bought some case fans + hub and it realised the fans are 3 pin and the hub is 4pin... There goes my money
idk but someone says just buy an adapter??
my fan pin has a 3 pin and my motherboard has a 4 pin what do i do
Get an adapter
I. Don't see where ur supposed to connect the rgb helppp
I don’t see it either, what did you do to overcome the issue?
i can’t find the argb on my mobo
Uh.. my dell motherboard doesn't have them.
Bruh i have 2 ARGB headers. The three way splitter for the corsair H100x Rgb elite just will not connect to either of the headers or the argb/fan controller for some reason. Im connecting it the way its supposed to be connected with the arrow. But it just WILL NOT GO. The other ARGB connectors i have work just fine. Can someone help just a teenie bitt.
I have the same aio. Fans light up but the front plate won't no matter what.. if you find the answer lmk
the three way splitter has three 4 pin connectors (connect the 4 pin cable to one of these) and one 3 pain connector (you connect this to the 3 pin addressable RGB on the motherboard).
i think... lol.
@@ulysses4989 i'm currently trying to get the front plate to light up. haven't figured it out yet. i think it's because on the 3 way splitter you have to connect the front plate to splitter #1 (but they're not labeled so who knows). my motherboard is x570 asus.
@@ulysses4989 i just figured it out... the 4 pin RGB is not meant to go into one of those two RGB Headers. It's meant to go into the 3 way splitter Corsair gives you. There's 3 RGB headers on it, and a 3 pin on the other end. The 3 pin goes into your motherboards 3 pin RGB header (pin 3 is blank). The RGB header from the core has to go into one of the 3 splitters. It MATTERS which one you put it in. I put it in what I thought was #1 but the center would not light up. I just changed it to #2 and now it lights up. Hope this helps.
@retrobrahhh I don't believe I had a splitter in the box.. what does it look like? Are the pins exposed on this particular splitter or am I looking at a different one
I believe you're talking about the proprietary connector? And I have no commander core
So like, the pc I ordered came with a 3 pin going into a 4, so likeeeee, that's tragic.
Daamn I’m in the same boat should I take them out?
@@Shsusisn Yeah, I’ve just been rocking without the RGB. Until I change cases.
Shit my pc already on fire
fuck i just did this 😔
fried my graphic card LOL
I fried my aio cooler cpu braket light🥲
Jfkfn
can you connect a 12v rgb controller into a splitter that plus into 2 5v headers?
You won’t be able to get proper control doing that.
Mean while my mainboard only had Sys fan and no ARGB: 🥲
Same. How do we overcome this issue??
@@codenamekngSo any updates? I have the same issue 😢
@@sultanalqahtani8733 you have to buy new fans. There’s no other way