Rgb header?

[SirFlamenco]

Hi

 

So I recently bought barrow rgb fans and I connected them to a pwm port but there is another cable which is a 4 pin rgb header. Without it connected, colors don’t show up. Where am I suppose to connect it? 

[Airdragonz]

Connect it to the 4 pin RGB header on your motherboard. If you don't have one, get an RGB controller and connect the cable to that. 

[SirFlamenco]

3 hours ago, Airdragonz said:

Connect it to the 4 pin RGB header on your motherboard. If you don't have one, get an RGB controller and connect the cable to that. 

That's from the manual : 

 

 

Is there a rgb header?

[Airdragonz]

Pretty sure there is one on the top right. Check your motherboard manual for the descriptions of each term

[Corsair Nick]

7 hours ago, SirFlamenco said:

Hi

 

So I recently bought barrow rgb fans and I connected them to a pwm port but there is another cable which is a 4 pin rgb header. Without it connected, colors don’t show up. Where am I suppose to connect it? 

Which fans did you borrow?  Not all RGB fans run on the same voltage for lighting, and can cause sever damage if connected improperly.

[SirFlamenco]

25 minutes ago, Corsair Nick said:

Which fans did you borrow?  Not all RGB fans run on the same voltage for lighting, and can cause sever damage if connected improperly.

 BARROW fans

 

3 hours ago, Airdragonz said:

Pretty sure there is one on the top right. Check your motherboard manual for the descriptions of each term

From the manual : 

 

 

[Airdragonz]

You want to find out where number 9 is. Your board has 2 of those headers. When plugging your fans in, make sure you put the 12v side (should be indicated with an arrow) with the matching 12v pin on the motherboard. 

[SirFlamenco]

12 hours ago, Airdragonz said:

You want to find out where number 9 is. Your board has 2 of those headers. When plugging your fans in, make sure you put the 12v side (should be indicated with an arrow) with the matching 12v pin on the motherboard. 

Could you name them? 

[Airdragonz]

LED_C1 and LED_C2

[SirFlamenco]

44 minutes ago, Airdragonz said:

LED_C1 and LED_C2

And I don’t connect them to the W pin right?

[Airdragonz]

14 minutes ago, SirFlamenco said:

And I don’t connect them to the W pin right?

No, I don't believe that your fans are RGBw. They are normal RGB. So no W pin

[SirFlamenco]

2 hours ago, Airdragonz said:

No, I don't believe that your fans are RGBw. They are normal RGB. So no W pin

What is the W pin for though?

[Airdragonz]

R is red. G is green. B is blue. W is white. 

[SirFlamenco]

1 hour ago, Airdragonz said:

R is red. G is green. B is blue. W is white. 

So I can do anything but white? 

[Airdragonz]

1 hour ago, SirFlamenco said:

So I can do anything but white? 

I think you are confused. There are 2 different types of standards. RGB and RGBw. To create colors, RGB mixes the colors of red, green, and blue. Now as you can imagine, this doesn't allow the color white to look so "white". RGBw eliminates this problem by mixing the colors of red, green, blue, AND white. This allows you to produce a pure and clean white. So to answer your question directly, yes you can produce any color, including white. But the white will look slightly tinted.