RGB not lighting Hyper 212 Evo RGB

[MrMikeoxsmall]

I recently installed a Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo RGB black edition, and connected the rgb fan cable to the 12 v rgb header on my motherboard properly (the arrow was pointing to the 12v header upon installation).

 

On bootup it is lighting briefly and then turns off and I can't control the rgb on the cooler master fan. 

 

Everything else works fine, even my Argb system fan on the back.

 

I have tried my (Prebuilt Lenovo) PC's lighting control on CPU fan and it does not light up.

 

There is a RGB controller included, but it cannot connect to my pc as I only have SATA and it requires Molex and the external RGB controller hub from cooler master is pretty expensive.

 

Can you please help me find a solution to this?

 

The lighting software I use is Lenovo Vantage. I have tried iCUE and Jack RGB but they don't light it up either.

 

Specs:

 

i7 - 10700

Lenovo RTX 2070 Super

Lenovo stock Mobo

FSP 80+ Gold PSU

Lenovo Gaming Ram 2 x 8 GB

Cooler Master Black edition RGB

[8-Bit Ninja]

You have a single wire from the fan plugged in? Any actual RGB Fan will have two leads coming off it 

[MrMikeoxsmall]

1 minute ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

You have a single wire from the fan plugged in? Any actual RGB Fan will have two leads coming off it 

No I have 2 cables, one is CPU fan and the other is RGB 

[-rascal-]

26 minutes ago, MrMikeoxsmall said:

I recently installed a Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo RGB black edition, and connected the rgb fan cable to the 12 v rgb header on my motherboard properly (the arrow was pointing to the 12v header upon installation).

 

On bootup it is lighting briefly and then turns off and I can't control the rgb on the cooler master fan. 

 

Everything else works fine, even my Argb system fan on the back.

 

I have tried my (Prebuilt Lenovo) PC's lighting control on CPU fan and it does not light up.

 

There is a RGB controller included, but it cannot connect to my pc as I only have SATA and it requires Molex and the external RGB controller hub from cooler master is pretty expensive.

 

Can you please help me find a solution to this?

 

The lighting software I use is Lenovo Vantage. I have tried iCUE and Jack RGB but they don't light it up either.

 

Specs:

 

i7 - 10700

Lenovo RTX 2070 Super

Lenovo stock Mobo

FSP 80+ Gold PSU

Lenovo Gaming Ram 2 x 8 GB

Cooler Master Black edition RGB

 

What is the model of your Lenovo Gaming PC.

You first need to 110% confirm that the RGB header on the Lenovo motherboard is compatible with the RGB connector on the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO RGB.

 

The controller + fan is powered using a 4-pin Molex from the PSU.

I'm surprised your power supply doesn't have any Molex connections.

Even 2020 / 2021 made power supplies you can buy from retailers still have 1 or 2 Molex connections.

 

If you truly only have SATA, you can get a SATA-to-Molex adapter.;

They are like $2 on Amazon.

 

[MrMikeoxsmall]

18 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

What is the model of your Lenovo Gaming PC.

You first need to 110% confirm that the RGB header on the Lenovo motherboard is compatible with the RGB connector on the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO RGB.

 

The controller + fan is powered using a 4-pin Molex from the PSU.

I'm surprised your power supply doesn't have any Molex connections.

Even 2020 / 2021 made power supplies you can buy from retailers still have 1 or 2 Molex connections.

 

If you truly only have SATA, you can get a SATA-to-Molex adapter.;

They are like $2 on Amazon.

 

Thank you for your helpful answer.

 

Is there any other way to access the controls via the current RGB header it is plugged into?

 

PC: Lenovo Legion T5

[-rascal-]

15 minutes ago, MrMikeoxsmall said:

Thank you for your helpful answer.

 

Is there any other way to access the controls via the current RGB header it is plugged into?

 

PC: Lenovo Legion T5

 

I'll need to check if the RGB header on the motherboard is "standard" RGB, or some custom Lenovo RGB header.

If it is a "standard" header, it SHOULD work.

If you plug the fan into the header, it is controller by the header / motherboard.

 

The RGB fan itself is brainless; what you plug it into is what controls it.

[MrMikeoxsmall]

1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

 

The RGB fan itself is brainless; what you plug it into is what controls it.

This makes so much sense, thank you for being so helpful.

[-rascal-]

11 minutes ago, MrMikeoxsmall said:

This makes so much sense, thank you for being so helpful.

 

The CoolerMaster fan (SF120 RGB) is a standard 4-pin RGB fan.

 

https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/masterfan-sf120r-rgb/#specifications

 

 

 

 

The Lenovo fan header is NOT standard RGB, but "some kind" of ARGB header.

Lenovo doesn't include any photos of the motherboard...so I don't know WHICH type of ARGB header it uses.

 

https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Lenovo_Legion_T5_28IMB05?ViewSpec=true

 

 

 

BUT ARGB is *USUALLY* 3-pin 5V.

Standard RGB is 4-pin 12V.

If you plug the 4-pin RGB fan/item into a 3-pin ARGB....you *CAN* either kill the RGB fan AND / OR the ARGB header on the motherboard...

In other words, don't force things.

 

Safe bet is to use get a SATA-to-Molex adapter, and use the included CoolerMaster mini RGB controller.

[MrMikeoxsmall]

26 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

The CoolerMaster fan (SF120 RGB) is a standard 4-pin RGB fan.

 

https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/masterfan-sf120r-rgb/#specifications

 

 

 

 

The Lenovo fan header is NOT standard RGB, but "some kind" of ARGB header.

Lenovo doesn't include any photos of the motherboard...so I don't know WHICH type of ARGB header it uses.

 

https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Lenovo_Legion_T5_28IMB05?ViewSpec=true

 

 

 

BUT ARGB is *USUALLY* 3-pin 5V.

Standard RGB is 4-pin 12V.

If you plug the 4-pin RGB fan/item into a 3-pin ARGB....you *CAN* either kill the RGB fan AND / OR the ARGB header on the motherboard...

In other words, don't force things.

 

Safe bet is to use get a SATA-to-Molex adapter, and use the included CoolerMaster mini RGB controller.

I will attach an image of my RGB header, I have plugged this currently into the 4 pin RGB header.

 

But yes I will consider getting the adapter, Thank you for your help. 

 

Also, if you don't mind could you provide some of your insight into this issue I had:

 

 

 

[-rascal-]

6 minutes ago, MrMikeoxsmall said:

I will attach an image of my RGB header, I have plugged this currently into the 4 pin RGB header.

 

But yes I will consider getting the adapter, Thank you for your help. 

 

Also, if you don't mind could you provide some of your insight into this issue I had:

 

 

Are you SURE it is a 4-pin RGB header?

Some 3-pin ARGB headers LOOK like the 4-pin header, but has a missing pin.

 

The 5V ADD_HEADER is actually 3 pins.

The 12V RGB_HEADER is fully 4 pins.

Again, if you mix that up...you can blow / burn things up.

 

 

 

[IkeaGnome]

1 hour ago, MrMikeoxsmall said:

I will attach an image of my RGB header, I have plugged this currently into the 4 pin RGB header.

 

But yes I will consider getting the adapter, Thank you for your help. 

 

Also, if you don't mind could you provide some of your insight into this issue I had:

 

 

 

If this is your PSU, it has Molex wires included with it. If that's not your PSU, mind giving a link to yours? 

https://www.fsplifestyle.com/PROP179002568/