Corsair Fans RGB Problems

sare^baw's · 26 Jan 2025 at 22:46

Hey Guys

MSI Mobo x570 gaming plus
Windows 11
3 x iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE Performance 120mm PWM Fan & Lighting Node CORE
Corsair vengeance rgb ram x 2

1 fan and the 2 ram sticks are fine.

Recently 2 of the fans on the water cooler radiator started misbehaving, the lighting is mostly red and green, no effects or software can make them function properly, I tried iCue software and now SignalRGB.

The working fan is connected to 'sys fan 1 header' and node core.

The 2 dodgy fans are connected to 'cpu fan 1 header' via a splitter and to the node core.

WARburton · 27 Jan 2025 at 09:17

step one is normally reset the software and make sure the sodding windows RGB setting is turned off.
"windows dynamic lighting"

it could just be the fans have gone bad due to the heat if the rad gets hot. obviously switch the ports on the node and see if the fans work or continue to have RGB problems

sare^baw's · 27 Jan 2025 at 21:27

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WARburton said:
step one is normally reset the software and make sure the sodding windows RGB setting is turned off.
"windows dynamic lighting"

it could just be the fans have gone bad due to the heat if the rad gets hot. obviously switch the ports on the node and see if the fans work or continue to have RGB problems

Hi mate many thanks for your reply, the software was a fresh install anyways, i also disabled windows dynamic lihting thanks for the heads up

It turns out all my fans are ok as plugging them into port 1 of the node core was all good, it looks like port 3 is dodgy, im using port 1 and 2 now. I undertand the rules about the port order of the node core, is there a way to connect the 3rd fan to goet it performing properly again. many thanks?

WARburton · 27 Jan 2025 at 22:02

my limited understand of the node is you can go into the software and set a fan number as you can have upto 3 or 6(not 100%) fan pre port

i would assume youtube will help you on that in no time,

sare^baw's · 28 Jan 2025 at 21:22

hi mate after more experimenting i think the 2 fans on the radiator are tempremental with the lighting, i will try and get some more Corsair used fans and plug them into the node core.

Many thanks for your help

WARburton · 28 Jan 2025 at 21:27

in that case make sure the rad is not running too hot, is it an AIO or custom water.

tamzzy · 28 Jan 2025 at 21:29

sare^baw's said:
I undertand the rules about the port order of the node core, is there a way to connect the 3rd fan to goet it performing properly again. many thanks?

For the node core, you have to use the ports in order. If port 3 is dead then you're SOL as you won't be able to use port 4-6 as well.
The alternative is to use a splitter on port 1/2.

sare^baw's · 29 Jan 2025 at 15:05

WARburton said:
in that case make sure the rad is not running too hot, is it an AIO or custom water.

Many thanks mate, I have turned the fans around and they look a bit better for now from the front, i run Prime before and after and the cpu temp us the same, the max temp is 90 C which is the max rating for my Ryzen cpu. Is 90 C too much running prime for a long time?

tamzzy said:
For the node core, you have to use the ports in order. If port 3 is dead then you're SOL as you won't be able to use port 4-6 as well.
The alternative is to use a splitter on port 1/2.

Many thanks mate, after experimenting it looks like the port is ok and its the rgb on the fans if a bit off, the rear of the fans looked pants on the radiator so i truened the 2 fans around and they dont look so bad cosmetically. The temps appear to be the same running Prime.

WARburton · 29 Jan 2025 at 21:35

sare^baw's said:
Many thanks mate, I have turned the fans around and they look a bit better for now from the front, i run Prime before and after and the cpu temp us the same, the max temp is 90 C which is the max rating for my Ryzen cpu. Is 90 C too much running prime for a long time?

what CPU? if its an AIO there shouldn't be much out there on AM4 that can push 90c apart from the the 5900x/5950x.

prime is not the best way to test cooling and to be honest i dont like the program.
i had a 2500k 18hr stable then it crashed with i opened chrome.... so yer super stable.

sare^baw's · 29 Jan 2025 at 23:28

WARburton said:
what CPU? if its an AIO there shouldn't be much out there on AM4 that can push 90c apart from the the 5900x/5950x.

prime is not the best way to test cooling and to be honest i dont like the program.
i had a 2500k 18hr stable then it crashed with i opened chrome.... so yer super stable.

Thanks for your reply mate.

Mt CPU is the 5800x. Its a Cooler Master AIO is the cpu fan meant to be on 100% all the time?

What do you recommend fortesting my cooing?

WARburton · 29 Jan 2025 at 23:38

sare^baw's said:
What do you recommend fortesting my cooing?

use the PC in your normal ever day tasks because at the end of the day that's what matters when it come to cooling. keeping it under say 75c would be my target for a 5800x(they do get warm)

sare^baw's said:
Mt CPU is the 5800x. Its a Cooler Master AIO is the cpu fan meant to be on 100% all the time?

no but i would want the PUMP set to a minimum of 75% all the time so it pulling the heal away. then at 100% at over 60c

if you have not yet set a curve optimizer for your CPU this is the first thing you need to do... just go on yourtube and look up "5800x curve optimizer" its very simple but very much needed

sare^baw's · 30 Jan 2025 at 19:01

WARburton said:
use the PC in your normal ever day tasks because at the end of the day that's what matters when it come to cooling. keeping it under say 75c would be my target for a 5800x(they do get warm)

no but i would want the PUMP set to a minimum of 75% all the time so it pulling the heal away. then at 100% at over 60c

if you have not yet set a curve optimizer for your CPU this is the first thing you need to do... just go on yourtube and look up "5800x curve optimizer" its very simple but very much needed

Ok thanks for your reply, i mostly do light work on my pc and play an occasional game too. Is there and widget i can use for monitoring temps?

I thought my pump was stuck on max but i sussed out how to do this in the bios, i set it as you have suggested and thanks.

This curve optimizer for the cpu is very intersting, ill check out the turorials and give it a go.

Is there any particular fan case curve i should use for the AMD 5800x and my chipset fan too which is a AMD® X570 Chipset?

I read on the Corsair forum that using these fans, when stuck on white consantly is not a good thing, when i bought my pc sec
ond hand they were set to constant white. I nearly bought used LL120 fans on the ebay but i read you cant mix fan types on that controller.

WARburton · 30 Jan 2025 at 19:13

sare^baw's said:
Ok thanks for your reply, i mostly do light work on my pc and play an occasional game too. Is there and widget i can use for monitoring temps?

honestly i just use MSI After burner now, but WHinfo64 is king in the need super detail

sare^baw's said:
I thought my pump was stuck on max but i sussed out how to do this in the bios, i set it as you have suggested and thanks.

is the pump powered by a fan header or sata/molex plug? if its a fan header you can change that fans speed in bios like any over fan
if its corsair, use iCue (i like the iCue AIO's)

sare^baw's said:
This curve optimizer for the cpu is very intersting, ill check out the turorials and give it a go.

super easy set PBO to advansed this will then show you the curve optimizer option, set it to all cores, set the option to negative and the value to 15 then just go up till you have problems but ever -15 would be very good

sare^baw's said:
Is there any particular fan case curve i should use for the AMD 5800x and my chipset fan too which is a AMD® X570 Chipset?

let the chipset do as needed.. fan is a hard one i have my AIO to 40% all the time then at over 50c it jumps to 70%(just audible) if my cpu go over 80c 90%(load buy dosent pee me off)
what you need to do is try to stay Infront of the coolant temp. that why i use steps, you can set an AIO like an heatsink as they work different.

sare^baw's said:
I read on the Corsair forum that using these fans, when stuck on white consantly is not a good thing, when i bought my pc sec
ond hand they were set to constant white. I nearly bought used LL120 fans on the ebay but i read you cant mix fan types on that controller.

this would be over my pay grade i haven't really use corsair fans, i love there AIO's but also love Phanteks fans