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Hi, first time building and first time posting. I’m having difficulty finding where to plug 3 connectors on my motherboard. It’s an Asus B450M-Pro s motherboard. I can’t figure out if I can’t plug em in because I’m dumb or if it genuinely isn’t possible. Any help would be appreciated. I’ll put pictures of the plugs.

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The first one connects to SATA power on your power supply, the second connects to a 3-pin RGB header on your motherboard.

If you have an ASUS board (which I think you do), there should be a white header that's missing a pin. Connect the second one to that.

 

EDIT:
Ignore the third one that isn't a 4-pin with a blocked pin.

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8 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

The first one connects to SATA power on your power supply, the second connects to a 3-pin RGB header on your motherboard.

If you have an ASUS board (which I think you do), there should be a white header that's missing a pin. Connect the second one to that.

Unfortunately, the only white headers I can find have 4 pins on them. Not sure what the options would be with that... an adapter or run all my fans to the board 1 by 1 I guess

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1 minute ago, Bicolored zero said:

Unfortunately, the only white headers I can find have 4 pins on them. Not sure what the options would be with that... an adapter or run all my fans to the board 1 by 1 I guess-

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Those connectors are only for RGB.

There are adapters you can get that convert 3-pin connectors to 4-pin connectors, but I've never tried one and I don't know how well they work (or where to find one).

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9 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Those connectors are only for RGB.

There are adapters you can get that convert 3-pin connectors to 4-pin connectors, but I've never tried one and I don't know how well they work (or where to find one).

So I can just say screw the second and third plugs and plug in the sata then. Perfect! Thanks for the help. Much appreciated 

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