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I recently bought a few of Cablemod's Addressable LED Strips and noticed they had 3 pin headers. However, my motherboard (ASUS Maximus IX Code) only has 4 pin RGB headers. How am I supposed to hook up the LED strips to my motherboard? Do I need an adapter? If there is one could you link me where to buy it? Thank you in advance.

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6 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

I recently bought a few of Cablemod's Addressable LED Strips and noticed they had 3 pin headers. However, my motherboard (ASUS Maximus IX Code) only has 4 pin RGB headers. How am I supposed to hook up the LED strips to my motherboard? Do I need an adapter? If there is one could you link me where to buy it? Thank you in advance.

NOTE: Requires CableMod Addressable LED Kit, ASUS® motherboard with AURA addressable LED port, or GIGABYTE® motherboard with RGB Fusion addressable LED port to work.

 

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1 minute ago, Ben Quigley said:

NOTE: Requires CableMod Addressable LED Kit, ASUS® motherboard with AURA addressable LED port, or GIGABYTE® motherboard with RGB Fusion addressable LED port to work.

 

-from the product page.

I do have an ASUS motherboard with an AURA addressable LED port. 

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2 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

I do have an ASUS motherboard with an AURA addressable LED port. 

Then in guessing you just plug it in? I'm sure the 4pin headers are not addressable, what exact motherboard do you have?

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5 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

I do have an ASUS motherboard with an AURA addressable LED port. 

My understanding is you need a 3-pin addressable port that are coming with newer board such as the Z370 series. I do not think there is an adaptor

 

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17 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

Them in guessing you just plug it in? I'm sure the 4pin headers are not addressable, what exact motherboard do you have?

I have an Asus Maximus IX Code, there are only 4 pin headers on it though.

 

These are what my headers look like.

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3 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

I have an Asus Maximus IX Code, there are only 4 pin headers on it though.

These do not specify addressable RGB header and as such Will only work with standard 4pin RGB strips.

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9 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

Dang, so I just wasted $95.

It seems that way :(

 

9 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

Are there any 3 pin RGB controllers you know of?

To my knowledge none exsist as of now, but I may be wrong.

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Thanks for the help!

No worries, don't forget to select the best answer with the tickmark on the bottom and consider liking/reacting to my posts if they were helpful.

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7 minutes ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

Are there any 3 pin RGB controllers you know of?

 

4 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

To my knowledge none exsist as of now, but I may be wrong.


many exist they have done for years, we will have some in stock soon. @pigsrawesome123 which country are you in?  We are UK based but ship worldwide.

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Just now, AddonCustoms said:

 


many exist they have done for years, we will have some in stock soon. @pigsrawesome123 which country are you in?  We are UK based but ship worldwide.

I live in the US and shipping cost shouldn't be a problem for me.

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many exist they have done for years, we will have some in stock soon. @pigsrawesome123 which country are you in?  We are UK based but ship worldwide.

I wasn't aware, could you link please for future recommendation?

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Our website is in development but can order via PM on here. Once the website is up I will add a link in the post (if I forgot someone remind me :D )   Or you can go on amazon and look for Addressable LED controller, you will find some ranging from £5 ($6.50) all the way to £50 ($65) and some even more.  If you are feeling creative you could always buy an Arduino wire that up to the LED strips and then you can try and code your own pattern/colours or download one of the hundreds of patterns created by others and shared online.

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24 minutes ago, AddonCustoms said:

Our website is in development but can order via PM on here. Once the website is up I will add a link in the post (if I forgot someone remind me :D )   Or you can go on amazon and look for Addressable LED controller, you will find some ranging from £5 ($6.50) all the way to £50 ($65) and some even more.  If you are feeling creative you could always buy an Arduino wire that up to the LED strips and then you can try and code your own pattern/colours or download one of the hundreds of patterns created by others and shared online.

What’s your selection of controllers?

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1 hour ago, pigsrawesome123 said:

Dang, so I just wasted $95.

 

Are there any 3 pin RGB controllers you know of?

dude wtf howmuch did you buy?

 

when i buy adressable LED´s i typically pay about 20 bucks for a 5 meter roll with 60LED´s/m

 

by the way you can address them with an arduino or other micro controllers 

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1 hour ago, CableMod said:

@pigsrawesome123 the 4-pin are standard Aura - 3-pin is addressable Aura and there is a difference between the two. Please email Support@CableMod.com though and we can help you with this.

I have already e-mailed your support e-mail about the problem. 

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