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Lian Li case question
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besides not connecting the fans LED 5v cable to the mobo?
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Unless they use a proprietary connector, as said, fan will run without RGB connected.
Many thanks. I thought those cables were just for controlling the colour - didn't realise they get power from them too.
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the fans have a 4 pin connector for power and the LED connector for controlling color
4 pins for motor power right? But RGB power from the other cable?
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Hopefully this should explain "typical" fan motor wiring, but I do have several 3-pin fans which light up with blue LEDs all the time. The LEDs are not controllable and the only way to turn them off is to snip the wires leading to the LEDs, whilst keeping the wires to the fan motor intact. You won't have to do anything this drastic if the Lian Li fans have a separate control input for lighting.
https://computermesh.com/3-pin-vs-4-pin-fan-difference-between/
https://computermesh.com/3-pin-vs-4-pin-fan-difference-between/
Well that's what I was afraid of - LED power coming over the classic fan connector and the RGB connector being used only for data / control (so disconnecting the RGB connector resulting in default lighting as opposed to no lighting due to power being cut).Hopefully this should explain "typical" fan motor wiring, but I do have several 3-pin fans which light up with blue LEDs all the time. The LEDs are not controllable and the only way to turn them off is to snip the wires leading to the LEDs, whilst keeping the wires to the fan motor intact. You won't have to do anything this drastic if the Lian Li fans have a separate control input for lighting.
https://computermesh.com/3-pin-vs-4-pin-fan-difference-between/
I don't have a problem with RGB but my brother is a bit of a curmudgeon about RGB and he's wanting case buying advice. Don't want to steer him to a rainbow lights case that can't be switched off. I know we could always replace the fans but the 207 is running both front fans off a single header which is nice. Plus hassle and slight wasted money of swapping out fans instead of using what's already there.
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RGB requires control where static LEDs do not. Argb is the same way. As said, leave it unplugged.
Proprietary connectors allow for one connection to do both, but there are more wires, and the power to the RGB can still be eliminated.
Rainbow can be set to static colors too, either with mobo sync, an external controller, or chassis software. It doesn't have to fart rainbows.
Proprietary connectors allow for one connection to do both, but there are more wires, and the power to the RGB can still be eliminated.
Rainbow can be set to static colors too, either with mobo sync, an external controller, or chassis software. It doesn't have to fart rainbows.
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yeah, Corsair fans use one cable for RGB and fan motor, their proprietary connector, "usually", *many* fan manufacturers go "traditional" way of having RGB cable separately and normal 3 or 4-pin fan connector.
