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MSI users - Mystic Light Achieve Multiple colors on a fan

I have recently bought 2 x 120mm Xilence XF062 fans for the back side of my case as exhaust fans due to their high CFM values. All the other fans I have are connected with a 3-pin RGB light connector to a hub and I can control the lights with a small remote control. The two xilence fans are connected with a 4 pin RGB connector to my x570 MSI motherboard. If you click the following link you will see the fan. I want to achieve the first picture (see also the picture below) with the MSI - Dragon Center - Mystic Light functionality but I cannot seem to be able to do so...Does any other MSI user with experience using Mystic Light can help me maybe??

 

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In Mystic Light I do not believe it gets that specific. The other problem is that because it is on a 4 pin header on the motherboard it would not be able to individually control each LED which is what that would require. I do know that some Corsair setups (like the one I'm about to install) can connect via a USB header giving the ability to individually target LEDs on each fan. The AMD Wraith Prism cooler also has a similar setup. By the way, both of those require additional software and do not use Mystic Light software. But, as far as Mystic Light goes I have not seen that functionality built into it. Good luck.

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Is there any good third party software that you might recommend?

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Well, with a 4 pin connection to the motherboard, Mystic Light is your best bet. Those other one I mentioned use separate software because they connect via USB and are able to be controlled like a mouse or keyboard would be, I do not believe there is a 3rd party software that will do what you are wanting, sorry.

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I'm pretty sure this is not technically possible, regardless of software. Control of individual LEDs can be done with 3-pin (+5V, ground, data) connector, while 4-pin (R, G, B, ground) devices can only take one setting for the whole thing

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Well, If it can be done via 3 and 4 Pin, then MSI doesn't support it. But, Corsair's SP120 Pro kit connects via a USB header and does in fact allow for individual control of each of the 8 LEDs on each fan.

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4-pin 5050 RGB fans / lighting cannot achieve that effect of YOUR / their 1st picture.

The signal 'standard' 4-pin RGB gets applied to ALL the LEDs in that chain.

 

3-pin Addressable RGB (e.g. ARGB) solves that problem.

ARGB has more "smarts" built into it.

You can potentially control the effect / color / lighting of every single LED along the chain.

 

To get the effect that you are looking for with the Xilence fans, you need to use 3-pin ARGB compatible / support fans.

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