RGB Header confusion

[Horishimaru]

-5 pin RGB header on an AB350 GAMING 3 Motherboard

-5 pin male to female connector/extension

-RGB Strip 4pin female either end (Phanteks P400)

 

I tried pushing the 4 pin into the connector and I think the pins started crunching and it felt loose so I pulled it out I'm not too sure what to do. Do I need an adaptor cause I can't seem to find one

 

[SilentXer0]

it's because your led strip is rgb , and cable is wrgb.

 

 

[knightslugger]

The W stands for WHITE.

 

you don't got white.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

W are for strips with RGBW so the white you get is pure white. 

I'd imagine that it would just work but I'm not 100% sure.

[W-L]

18 minutes ago, Horishimaru said:

-5 pin RGB header on an AB350 GAMING 3 Motherboard

-5 pin male to female connector/extension

-RGB Strip 4pin female either end (Phanteks P400)

 

I tried pushing the 4 pin into the connector and I think the pins started crunching and it felt loose so I pulled it out I'm not too sure what to do. Do I need an adaptor cause I can't seem to find one

That is an RGBW header and cable the LED's use , you need as others have said an adapter between those.

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Phanteks-4-pin-RGB-LED-adapter-for-mainboards-with-LED-header_56614.html

[SilentXer0]

if you don't connect the w pin it should work but the colors will be mixed up,    seems the led pins are in the order r-g-b-+ , and the connector is  w-b-r-g-+

(but i would cover the extra pin with something)

[Horishimaru]

2 hours ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Yeah you might need an adapter, look online and you'll probably find one? Mind if I ask what you are trying to connect the LED strip too?

The cable has a 4 pin female and I'm trying to connect it to a 5 pin header on the board. There doesn't seem to be a 4 pin male to 5 pin female adapter though. The other 4 pin RGB header is used on the wraith cooler. 

[W-L]

6 hours ago, Horishimaru said:

The cable has a 4 pin female and I'm trying to connect it to a 5 pin header on the board. There doesn't seem to be a 4 pin male to 5 pin female adapter though. The other 4 pin RGB header is used on the wraith cooler. 

You leave the W portion of the RGBW header underpopulated since they are only RGB LED's, using that 4 pin adapter.