Help something went wrong with fan installment.

[WSXTGBUJM952]

Okay so I recently installed a new exhaust fan (QL120 RGB  Corsair) into my pc. Upon starting it up my PC made a loud POP sound and proceeded to start up as normal. After that a subtle but constant clicking noise is heard from my pc (nothing is in my fans) and my installed fans RGB is not lighting up despite being plugged in. Does anyone know what the problem may be and what I should to to fix it? 

[An0maly_76]

I doubt this could actually happen, but you didn't happen to get the RGB and PWM connectors reversed, did you? If that is possible, and that's what happened, it's possible (and sounds like) your motherboard fried or popped a capacitor. Alternately (and potentially less disastrous) could be the PSU decided to quit. Interesting timing for such a failure though.

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[Imprezzion]

Plugged a 5v aRGB fan into a 12v RGB header by any chance?

[WSXTGBUJM952]

5 minutes ago, An0maly_76 said:

I doubt this could actually happen, but you didn't happen to get the RGB and PWM connectors reversed, did you? If that is possible, and that's what happened, it's possible (and sounds like) your motherboard fried or popped a capacitor. Alternately (and potentially less disastrous) could be the PSU decided to quit. Interesting timing for such a failure though.

No my fan is plugged into sys fan and the RGB into JRGB1 (it said to plug into RGB hub). I just unplugged the new fan and started up my PC again. No pop, no sounds. Only when the new fan is plugged in.

[WSXTGBUJM952]

3 minutes ago, Imprezzion said:

Plugged a 5v aRGB fan into a 12v RGB header by any chance?

It is 12V fan with 4 pins and I plugged that into JRGB1 which is 4 pins.

[An0maly_76]

Just now, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

No my fan is plugged into sys fan and the RGB into JRGB1 (it said to plug into RGB hub). I just unplugged the new fan and started up my PC again. No pop, no sounds. Only when the new fan is plugged in.

That's likely your problem then. AFAIK, Corsair's RGB is a proprietary design and only works with its controllers without an adapter. Hopefully that didn't hurt your motherboard.

[WSXTGBUJM952]

1 minute ago, An0maly_76 said:

That's likely your problem then. AFAIK, Corsair's RGB is a proprietary design and only works with its controllers without an adapter. Hopefully that didn't hurt your motherboard.

Do I need to get a fan controller?

[An0maly_76]

2 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

Do I need to get a fan controller?

You need to get a Corsair Lighting Node or Commander. And pray you didn't fry your motherboard or the fan. In any case, I'd disconnect it immediately and see if the machine boots without it.

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[WSXTGBUJM952]

Just now, An0maly_76 said:

You need to get a Corsair Lighting Node or Commander. And pray you didn't fry your motherboard or the fan.

Oh well. My pc seems to function completely fine and nothing seems odd on hwinfo. The fan was still spinning when I did try it the only thing that didn't work was the RGB lighting. Do you think I possibly fucked up that header or part of motherboard if this is the case?

[Poinkachu]

6 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

It is 12V fan with 4 pins and I plugged that into JRGB1 which is 4 pins.

ARGB leds usually operates on 5v.
 

[An0maly_76]

Just now, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

Oh well. My pc seems to function completely fine and nothing seems odd on hwinfo. The fan was still spinning when I did try it the only thing that didn't work was the RGB lighting. Do you think I possibly fucked up that header or part of motherboard if this is the case?

It's possible. Only way to know is to try a standard 12V RGB fan on  it and see. But I wouldn't try the SP120's RGB again without at least a Lighting Node.

[WSXTGBUJM952]

1 minute ago, An0maly_76 said:

It's possible. Only way to know is to try a standard 12V RGB fan on  it and see. But I wouldn't try the SP120's RGB again without at least a Lighting Node.

If I don't care about RGB that much for now and could I just plug the fan in and run my computer as usual? Would that be bad? Would that possible dead header draw unecessary power?

[An0maly_76]

7 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

If I don't care about RGB that much for now and could I just plug the fan in and run my computer as usual? Would that be bad? Would that possible dead header draw unecessary power?

Yeah, that should be fine. I'm running six SP120s through a pair of three-way splitters from a two-header B450 motherboard for power right now. Seeing as the machine still boots with no obvious ill effects, IF you've damaged anything, that RGB header just might not work anymore. You might have gotten lucky.

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[WSXTGBUJM952]

Just now, An0maly_76 said:

Yeah, that should be fine. I'm running six SP120s through a pair of three-way splitters from a two-header B450 motherboard for power right now.

These are also RGB Corsair fans that came with my icue case. Since these are RGB aren't they also connected to a controller somewhere? If so can't I connect my new fan into that? 

[WSXTGBUJM952]

4 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

These are also RGB Corsair fans that came with my icue case. Since these are RGB aren't they also connected to a controller somewhere? If so can't I connect my new fan into that? 

I also don't smell or see any burning so that might be a good sign right?

[An0maly_76]

18 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

These are also RGB Corsair fans that came with my icue case. Since these are RGB aren't they also connected to a controller somewhere? If so can't I connect my new fan into that? 

 

@WSXTGBUJM952

 

Wait, you have an iCUE case? I wish you'd said that earlier. They usually include a Lighting Node Core for RGB control, and it sounds like yours already has one. Pull the steel side panel and you should see a lighting node (naked circuit board) screwed to the underside of the motherboard tray. That's where you plug in your RGB. Be sure you get the numerical sequence right per port, otherwise certain sequential RGB functions won't display correctly.

 

To explain, think of fronts as 1-3 top to bottom or bottom to top, however they're connected, next fans across the top of the case to the rear should be 4, 5, and 6. If you don't have topside fans and just the one rear exhaust, plug that into 4. You can switch it to 5 or 6 later if you install a topside fan or two.

 

Your fan power, however, will have to rely on the motherboard headers, which may require splitters depending on how many you have.

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[WSXTGBUJM952]

16 minutes ago, An0maly_76 said:

@WSXTGBUJM952

 

Wait, you have an iCUE case? I wish you'd said that earlier. They usually include a Lighting Node Core for RGB control, and it sounds like yours already has one. Pull the steel side panel and you should see a lighting node (naked circuit board) screwed to the underside of the motherboard tray. That's where you plug in your RGB. Be sure you get the numerical sequence right per port, otherwise certain sequential RGB functions won't display correctly.

 

To explain, think of fronts as 1-3 top to bottom or bottom to top, however they're connected, next fans across the top of the case to the rear should be 4, 5, and 6. If you don't have topside fans and just the one rear exhaust, plug that into 4. You can switch it to 5 or 6 later if you install a topside fan or two.

 

Your fan power, however, will have to rely on the motherboard headers, which may require splitters depending on how many you have.

Thank you so much. I just got everything to work. Nothing is broken or fucky on my PC and it's running just fine. The fan is spinning and the RGB is working. The clicking is still there but I just realized that from the fan and idk if that is a big problem but yeah.

[An0maly_76]

19 minutes ago, WSXTGBUJM952 said:

Thank you so much. I just got everything to work. Nothing is broken or fucky on my PC and it's running just fine. The fan is spinning and the RGB is working. The clicking is still there but I just realized that from the fan and idk if that is a big problem but yeah.

That could be a wobble in the bearing causing the fan to contact the shroud. Be sure no wires or tie-wraps or anything are contacting the blades, or perhaps caught between the blades and the housing. That could make anything from a clicking to a buzzing sound. It's possible the 12V RGB motherboard header did something to the fan's RGB LEDs that's producing the noise as well. If the fan winds up failing, just return / exchange / RMA it and don't tell them about your little oopsie, but I didn't tell you that.

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