aRGB plug query

JollysH1 · 14 Mar 2020 at 01:36

A set of fans I bought arrived one short, but they refunded the entire price and left me with the goods, so all is well. I'm replacing the fan on my beQuiet Shadow Rock LP, with an Alpenfohn wING boost 3, the airflow, noise and pressure are better than the one supplied , and it also has RGB. I was wondering if I could put it into the same hub as the other fans from the set I was one short of? except, of course, the plugs are different.
Does anyone know of a product that would allow me to convert this

To this

Not sure if it's possible, but if it is, I'm sure someone here will know. Many thanks in advance for any replies, you have all been great.

JollysH1 · 14 Mar 2020 at 01:39

Dman, sorry the pic links still don't seem to be working, I'll get the hang of it soon I hope. Let me know if you need them re-posting.

Mcnumpty2323 · 14 Mar 2020 at 01:41

JollysH1 said:
Dman, sorry the pic links still don't seem to be working, I'll get the hang of it soon I hope. Let me know if you need them re-posting.

Can see them by right clicking
And open in new tab
What host are they on?

Mcnumpty2323 · 14 Mar 2020 at 01:43

DOH sorry its late lol
Use the BB link on imgur
Use the insert image icon~next to smiley face icon
If it adds IMG to start and end of your link delete those
Then fingers crossed they will show here

Space Monkey · 14 Mar 2020 at 04:16

@JollysH1

Fixed the images for you

JollysH1 · 14 Mar 2020 at 10:57

Thanks all, pics are definitely showing! I'll try to scale them a bit if I need pics in the future.

Mcnumpty2323 · 14 Mar 2020 at 11:57

First one is standard addressable led
Never seen 2nd one sorry
And yeah it's a pita they all use proprietory connectors to try to make you
Buy only their stuff

LuckyBenski · 15 Mar 2020 at 09:57

Second fan will be combined fan and RGB wiring. Whereas the first pic is just addressable LED.

You'll need to determine whether that last fan has 12V regular RGB or addressable RGB.

JollysH1 · 15 Mar 2020 at 11:09

The first plug is the RGB connector for my Alpenfohn WingBoost 3, it comes with that plug and a standard 4pin PWM, unfortunately because of the blocked pin slot, I can't control it using my onboard MSI Mystic sync header because it's 4 pin. I also have a Fan hub with RBG remote, and a set of fans which all come with the 6pin plug in pic2 (presumably this is power and RGB combined) I'd love to get the Alpenfohn into the same hub so it behaves like the case fans (Lighting only, not speed) but this seems unlikely, is there some sort of converter so I can at least get it plugged in to my Mystic Light sync?

Mcnumpty2323 · 15 Mar 2020 at 11:15

Your 4 pin msi mystic sync header is 12v
Most addressable leds are only 5v
So no simple adapter
Yes there's a box/hub that can convert them seen it in these forums somewhere
But it's more cost and more wiring

JollysH1 · 16 Mar 2020 at 00:12

OK so here is one solution, I could use this to control the lighting on the Alpenfohn, it will run off a sata pwr, rather than use the Mystic sync header, and have its own remote,

But I'm confused?? (As usual) The Alpenfohn fan already has a separate 4 Pin PWM connector for the mboard, so it's speed will be regulated by CPU temp. So why does the remote for the RGB have the option to increase or decrease speed? Or is it just a change of light cycle speed, and I'm being a numpty?

JollysH1 · 16 Mar 2020 at 00:19

Holy ****!!! I got an image to work

only took me about 6 edits

Space Monkey · 16 Mar 2020 at 00:32

It's to control the speed of the lighting when you choose an option that cycles or uses a pattern other than a static colour

JollysH1 · 16 Mar 2020 at 01:05

Makes sense, thanks for the confirmation. So it looks like I'll have a remote for all my case fan speeds and RGB, a separate remote for my CPU Fan RGB, and my CPU fan speed correctly controlled by the mboard! oh happy days! it feels like a Kate Winslet moment, It's not perfect but it will do!
Thanks to everyone that helped.

Mcnumpty2323 · 16 Mar 2020 at 05:21

JollysH1 said:
OK so here is one solution, I could use this to control the lighting on the Alpenfohn, it will run off a sata pwr, rather than use the Mystic sync header, and have its own remote,

But I'm confused?? (As usual) The Alpenfohn fan already has a separate 4 Pin PWM connector for the mboard, so it's speed will be regulated by CPU temp. So why does the remote for the RGB have the option to increase or decrease speed? Or is it just a change of light cycle speed, and I'm being a numpty?

Hey
Thought I was the only numpty in here