NZXT Cable Craziness. Please help. How do I connect those cables?

Ωmegα · December 12, 2020

I have been trying to find a solution for about 4 hours. I am slowly going insane.

Alright. This is what I have:

- NZXT H510 Elite with 1x RGB LED Strip

- 4x NZXT Aer2 RGB Fans

- 2x NZXT normal Fans (in a push/pull configuration with 2x of the Aer2 RGB Fans)

- 2x NZXT Underglow LED Strips

- NZXT Kraken X63

The case has an RGB & Fan Controller (Smart Device v2) with 3x Fan Ports and 2x LED Ports.

This is how I daisy-chained the 4x RGB Fans (IN/OUT are RGB Ports on the fans by the way):

Smart Device v2 1/2 LED Port -> Rear Fan IN

Rear Fan OUT -> Top Fan IN

Top Fan OUT -> Front Top Fan IN

Front Top Fan OUT -> Front Bottom Fan IN

Front Bottom Fan OUT = empty/not populated

https://imgur.com/a/HliYaCA

So the LED for these 4 Fans should now work.

I now have 4x Power Cables from the 4x RGB Fans.

The Smart Device v2 has only 3x Fan Ports, but it also has a splitter. This splitter has 1x 4-pin Port and 2x 3-pin port.

https://imgur.com/a/DjrkwOE

What do I do here?!

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The other normal Fans have only 1x 4-pin Cable each. This means that I can use the splitter shown above.

But here's the important question:

Do I connect one Fan to 4-pin Port and the other one to 3-pin Port or do I connect both of the Fans to the two 3-pin Ports of the Splitter?!

Note: In the case manual says: "The first fan connector with 4 pins on the fan splitter will be the primary Fan. Do not mix PWM or 3-pin Fans."

So I guess I can go with one Fan in 4-pin Port and the other Fan in 3-pin port, since none of the two Fans is a 3-pin Fan.

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This is how I daisy chained the LED Strips:

Underglow LED Strip -> with a weird 4-pin cable that comes out of pre-installed LED Strip of the case.

https://imgur.com/a/MXPPrUV

Is this even the correct connection? Because the Underglow doesn't turn on.

The second cable that comes out of the pre-installed LED Strip of the case went into 2/2 LED Port of the Smart Device v2.

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The NZXT Kraken x63.

1st Cable:

I connected its Fan cable in AIO_PUMP on the motherboard (ASUS B550 Gaming F), just like the manual said.

Will the Kraken be able to control the 2x RGB Fans and the 2x normal Fans (all 4 mounted on radiator) that are connected into two separated channels on the Smart Device v2?

https://imgur.com/a/O54Bn3g

2nd Cable:

The RGB Cable.

https://imgur.com/a/PRpmsKc

Where does this go? I know I can let it be, but I would like to added either in the daisy-chain of the 4x Aer2 RGB Fans or the daisy-chain of the RGB LED Strips.