I’m having trouble getting my case fans to turn on. There is a usb and sata connector connected to the rgb header and I plugged both of them in. I plugged the usb into the motherboard directly and the sata connecter into the psu sata cable. The fans are connected to the fan splitter also. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need specs
Hey, planning on buying a pc soon using the corsair 5000x which has enough room for 10 120mm rgb fans, however, finding out how this is possible with different controllers proves to be extremely difficult. Do i need to buy something like the commander pro? Do my Motherboard oder Power Supply need to have any specific headers? Help
Hello. I bought a single Corsair SP120 RGB ELITE fan. I have a MSI B660m a-pro. Can I plug the fan RGB cable directly into my motherboard and control the fan colors? Without any need for the control hub thing. Will this be safe?
Hey guys
I need really need help
So i got the sp 120 rgb elite and I couldnt get the rgb working. Problem was I hadnt got the rgb fan hub. So i purchased that, next problem was there was no cable to connect it to the motherboard. After a Quick search i found one but the (who guessed) next problem was the cable the hub need is 5v but my Mainboard headers are 12v.
So i completly f up. Can anybody help me finnally get this thing done
Thanks
The RGB hub needs a lighting node pro's or a commander pro's lighting channel to plug into. The RGB hub doesn't connect to the motherboard. The cheapest option for a lighting node pros is ebay where they're on average of 20 bucks. IDK what cable you got but you need a 2 wire 3 pin cable to run from the RGB hub to whichever device you get. So if you go the ebay rout pick one that has it with the sale like this sale. https://www.ebay.com/itm/194256562215?hash=item2d3a97e827:g:iaUAAOSwMMZgmBO2
The middle one is the cable in question. The one on the left is the USB cable. THAT'S the one that goes to the motherboard. You won't be using any of the motherboard's ARGB headers. ICUE uses internal USB to run the data. If your motherboard is out of internal USB headers from being used by your case or what not, you can get a NZXT internal USB hub, or you can get internal to external USB adapters and run it out to the back of the your motherboard. Or just a normal mini USB cable and run it out to the back of the Mobo.
If you don't want to buy a used lighting node pro, they can be bought independently in a kit with 4 10 LED each LED strips for 64. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-lighting-node-pro-black/5845213.p?skuId=5845213
Or independently from newegg for 25 but WITHOUT the needed cable which you'd have to find separately, and without the LED strips. https://www.newegg.com/corsair-cl-9011109-ww/p/1W8-005R-000C6?Description=lighting%20node%20pro&cm_re=lighting_node%20pro-_-1W8-005R-000C6-_-Product
New in box commander pros run at 75 bucks and will come with the cable you need as well. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-commander-pro-hardware-controller/6229603.p?skuId=6229603
You also have an option to forgo the RGB hub entirely and get a lighting node core. It looks just like the RGB hub but unlike it, it has it's own USB cable so it doesn't need a second device. NIB they run for 35 directly from Corsair but are sold out. Used on ebay they run for around 50. Or you can get a Commander core that both the RGB and PWM can plug into and has its own USB cable. lol You can do the leg work on price for that one though.
Here's a good thread for info down the road so you won't make a mistake again. It has almost everything ICUE related. It was jacked up a bit when Corsair just redid their forums a couple of weeks ago, so a few pics aren't updated from the old style forum post, but it still has all the text. https://forum.corsair.com/forums/topic/138723-zottys-corsair-rgb-hardware-and-icue-eco-system-faq/
Yeah I have the same. I just asking if you had more headers on the board itself. You could plug the hub into one of those. I personally have three commander pro hubs on mine. I use 10 fans and some other RGB components.