aio not turning on

[rotund mantle]

so my aio isn’t working but i realized that it’s cause i daisy chained it wrong but my manual is useless and doesn’t show all of the cables that are involved. i js neeed some help with the cables that i have and which plug into which because there’s 4 cables each fan (3 fans total) and there’s 3 cables in the pump

js guiding me which cables plug into each is rlly all i need 🙏

[modern coral]

pic of connectors coming off fans

[rotund mantle]

i’m actually not home rn 😭 igu in a couple hours i’ll ping u

this is all i have rn tho

wait wrong vid

[modern coral]

no thats fine i see what i need to see

[rotund mantle]

oh alr

also if u could maybe circle which ones u talk abt bc im not rlly knowledgeable in the names of the cables

[modern coral]

1. what you're holding is argb for lighting
2. bottom right is a pwm (4 pin) fan pigtail for daisychaining
3. just above it is the pwm fan plug itself

the argb most likely has daisychaining identical to the fan power

for argb, id recommend daisychaining along the aio fans one after another to ensure accurate lighting effects
for pwm fan power, it does not matter

the single pwm fan and argb plugs (both will have holes for pins, not the actual pins) you should have left are plugged into the motherboard

1. aio fans should probably go into the cpu fan header (or ive heard that the aio pump should be plugged in there as that header will initiate a shutdown if the connected device fails. you want a failed pump to shut down the system. failed fans aren't near as catastrophic)
2. If aio pump is plugged into cpu_fan header: plug aio fans into cpu_opt header (if available) or any sys_fan header
3. the argb plug can go into any available header on the motherboard

FanControl is a good software for controlling fans
OpenRGB/SignalRGB are good software for controlling RGB

[rotund mantle]

god this is confusing

i’ll lyk when i get home

[rotund mantle]

this shows more of what i’m talking abt

how many cables will i have left from the fans

2 right?

[modern coral]

You’ll have a female header and a male plug, one on each end of the string, and the same for the argb

But I need to go to bed now. Ping me with any more questions and either I’ll answer them when I wake up or someone else will

[rotund mantle]

can anyone help me

there’s so many cables

[rotund mantle]

first one with 4 is on each fan

and idk how to daisy chain it

and i’ve found no guides and my manual is useless

i need help with the 4 that’s the left picture

there’s is 4 on each fan

idk how to plug it into eachother

nothing makes sense

[kindred nimbus]

this one is for the fans to pug together

[rotund mantle]

https://youtu.be/z_hGXASdk-0?t=167

i watched this video

but it shows that there’s 2 cables

on each fan

but mine has 4

do i js ignore 2?

wait no ignore one right

[kindred nimbus]

you have only 2 per fan, on for argb and one for the fan

[rotund mantle]

well i have 4

4 cables

each fan

so i would ignore 2 right

[kindred nimbus]

nope, you have 2 cables with pigtails on

[rotund mantle]

yeah

[kindred nimbus]

the pig tails connect on to the next fan

[rotund mantle]

ok so the 2 in my hand are the main ones and the ones hanging are pigtails

[kindred nimbus]

correct

[rotund mantle]

where do i plug the 2 main ones in

[kindred nimbus]

the mobo itself

[rotund mantle]

into the other fans pigtails?

well i’m not there yet

[kindred nimbus]

and then the rest go into the pigtail

[rotund mantle]

this is js one fan

oh ok so i’ll have 4 left over

2 that i ignore

bc at the end of the daisy chain i’ll have 2 that i plug into the mobo

i have 3 fans with 4 on each so 12 total

u see what im saying?

[kindred nimbus]

no you have 3 fans, with only 2 on each

[rotund mantle]

ok yeah but each of the 2 have pigtails

so 2 cables + 2 pigtails on each

[kindred nimbus]

still counts as a single cable each

[rotund mantle]

ok well do i ignore the pigtails then?

i cant plug each pigtail into my motherboard

that’s 6 pigtails

i js need 2

so i’ll have like 4 unnecessary ones

[kindred nimbus]

mainly, this is how you daisy chain

[kindred nimbus]

no you don't

[rotund mantle]

well yeah see how he has 3 left over

what do u do with those

[kindred nimbus]

that's not 3 left over

that them basically disconnected spread out

they connect like this

[rotund mantle]

oh wait yeah mb i thought 2 were plugged in

[kindred nimbus]

in the end, only one pigtail on each is left

[rotund mantle]

ohh

ok

i think i understand a little more now

but won’t i have 2 left over

on each end?

i don’t get how the math adds up there

[rotund mantle]

let’s js start with this

these are 2 fans

and i still have another fan left to go w 2 cables + 2 pigtails

which do i plug into each

if u could draw lines or circles that would be better

[kindred nimbus]

the second pic i shown, literally shows you how

[rotund mantle]

it also shows that there’s 2 left ivers

on each side no?

[rotund mantle]

2 left over

n u can’t plug em into eachother

cs one goes into the mobo

[kindred nimbus]

bit of black tape over the last 2 and tuck them away

[rotund mantle]

over one tho right?

cs one needs to plug into the mobo

[kindred nimbus]

obviously

[rotund mantle]

so i was right

2 will be left over

n u were saying no

n since i have another one

another 2 will be left over

n one goes into the mobo

so one of each will be useless

right?

and the other 2 go into the mobo

[kindred nimbus]

2 pigtails which can be taped so that they don't short out, not 2 cables

[rotund mantle]

i figured it out

these are what’s left from the fans

and this is what’s left on the pump

what should i do now

idk if i should connect the 3 pin from the rgb to the pigtail from the pump and then plug that into the motherboard