Did i burn my rgb?

[LordOfWinterfell]

So, i got a new aio water cooler and when i came to plug the aio pump the head had 3 pins only, so i didnt have any other solution but to plug it into 4 pins . S u can see in the photo, one is unplugged. So did the 12v 4 pins burn my rgb that are supposed to run on 5 volts?

 

[Zando_]

3 pin fans/pumps can run off 4 pin headers without much issue, and vice versa (just 4 pin PWM fans on a 3 pin header won't actually use PWM anymore). Shouldn't have hurt your RGB, unless you also plugged the RGB itself into a different header?

[LordOfWinterfell]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

3 pin fans/pumps can run off 4 pin headers without much issue, and vice versa (just 4 pin PWM fans on a 3 pin header won't actually use PWM anymore). Shouldn't have hurt your RGB, unless you also plugged the RGB itself into a different header?

I dunno dude, i just did that and this -> 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

I dunno dude, i just did that and this -> -snip-

Aight, so the first pic you posted was the pump header for the block/pump combo of the AIO, that part is 100% fine. For the RGB header, that depends on what type it is, what type the header on your motherboard is, and it looks like you used an adapter of some sort? If it is a 12v header and you put a 5v strip on it, that's prooooobably toast. 

[LordOfWinterfell]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Aight, so the first pic you posted was the pump header for the block/pump combo of the AIO, that part is 100% fine. For the RGB header, that depends on what type it is, what type the header on your motherboard is, and it looks like you used an adapter of some sort? If it is a 12v header and you put a 5v strip on it, that's prooooobably toast. 

these connectors came with the cooler. i just plugged them together. I still dunno where is the mistake, why the rgb is not working.

 

My motherboard: Asus rog strix b450-f

 

[Zando_]

Just now, LordOfWinterfell said:

these connectors came with the cooler. i just plugged them together. I still dunno where is the mistake, why the rgb is not working.

 

My motherboard: Asus rog strix b450-f

 

What cooler/RGB strip? 

[LordOfWinterfell]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

What cooler/RGB strip? 

My cooler is from Gamemax 120mm. the strips or the connectors (whatever u call em) in the second picture came attacked to the fan and aio pump 

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

My cooler is from Gamemax 120mm. the strips or the connectors (whatever u call em) in the second picture came attacked to the fan and aio pump 

Gammaxx L120? That's Aura compatible (ASUS's RGB system), both it and the ASUS motherboard use 12v so they're compatible. Are you sure you lined the pins up right? there should be a triangle on one end of the 4 pins that tells you how to orient it when plugging into the mobo, if you put it on backwards that could be why it isn't working: 

 

12v is the one on the right, as you can see it goes 12V power - Green - Red - Blue, the arrow marks the 12v power so you can line it up correctly. 

[LordOfWinterfell]

5 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Gammaxx L120? That's Aura compatible (ASUS's RGB system), both it and the ASUS motherboard use 12v so they're compatible. Are you sure you lined the pins up right? there should be a triangle on one end of the 4 pins that tells you how to orient it when plugging into the mobo, if you put it on backwards that could be why it isn't working: 

 

 

12v is the one on the right, as you can see it goes 12V power - Green - Red - Blue, the arrow marks the 12v power so you can line it up correctly. 

I tried plugging the strips in different ways ( its actually two ways, lol) and nothing changed

 

wait a sec pls

 

 

 

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

I tried plugging the strips in different ways ( its actually two ways, lol) and nothing changed

 

Have you verified the RGB headers are enabled in the BIOS + tried the other header? 

[LordOfWinterfell]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Have you verified the RGB headers are enabled in the BIOS + tried the other header? 

thats how they look

[LordOfWinterfell]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Have you verified the RGB headers are enabled in the BIOS + tried the other header? 

no i didnt

 

[Zando_]

Just now, LordOfWinterfell said:

-snip- thats how they look

Ooooh, those are 3 pin 5V headers, those off the CPU cooler? What's the exact model of Gammaxx AIO you have, the Gammaxx series 120mm I saw said it sported 12V RGB. 5V strips/devices will not work with 12V. There is a 5V header to 12V strip/device converter, but not a 12V to 5V which is what you'd need, so you're out of luck on the RGB front unless you either get a USB header powered RGB controller that runs 5V strips, or get another cooler

[LordOfWinterfell]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Ooooh, those are 3 pin 5V headers, those off the CPU cooler? What's the exact model of Gammaxx AIO you have, the Gammaxx series 120mm I saw said it sported 12V RGB. 5V strips/devices will not work with 12V. There is a 5V header to 12V strip/device converter, but not a 12V to 5V which is what you'd need, so you're out of luck on the RGB front unless you either get a USB header powered RGB controller that runs 5V strips, or get another cooler

So the aio is working well, but rgb needs a converter, right? 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

So the aio is working well, but rgb needs a converter, right? 

Yep, a converter that does not exist unless it was made in the last year, and also is invisible to Google's search engine. You either need a standalone RGB controller for 5V strips, or a new cooler with 12V RGB. 

[LordOfWinterfell]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Yep, a converter that does not exist unless it was made in the last year, and also is invisible to Google's search engine. You either need a standalone RGB controller for 5V strips, or a new cooler with 12V RGB. 

The aio is working fine right? If yes, then who cares about RGB  

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, LordOfWinterfell said:

The aio is working fine right? If yes, then who cares about RGB  

Indeed, if you don't especially care then . It'd be annoying if they were on anyways and you just couldn't change them (my EVGA AIO does that unless I plug it into a USB header), but since (AFAIK) they're just fully off, should be bueno. Tuck the cable somewhere and call it a day.