Although basic the Coolmoon Fan / RGB Controllers really do offer a lot for the price but it is a shame they are restricted to Coolmoon fans due to the connections. Hopefully this guide will help others with that. If this video helped you then make sure you come and join our Discord Community and show us what you did here: discord.com/invite/Dx7xZt5MHF
Hey bro, sorry i want to ask, did you know what the different of 6 pin fan like in this video and 6 pin with lock like armaggeddon fan or aerocool fan? Because i've tried the fans with 6 pin like in this video to my controller fan (infinity case built in) it doesnt work, and fans in my infinity case have 6 pin with lock like aerocool or armaggeddon fan. Thank you Photo: drive.google.com/file/d/10b1UrnCy5KYtSP4h0-qjPzSXH-687txD/view?usp=drivesdk
Hey, I'm not sure without taking one apart but I suspect they work using the same principal but other brands may swap the wires around to make it so you have to buy their fans and controllers. With the Coolmoon fan speed on these 6Pins are simply two wires. The other four are for the ARGB which is effectively just a standard. Others may have PWM power for the fans meaning three wires for fan power (PWM Wire to change speeds) and three wires for the ARGB +5, GND, In (Missing the Out as even these Coolmoon fans don't use the out, the wire is just there).
@@TechLabUK i have an issue in this particular product, after a week of using it the controller stopped working, the light above the controller that indicates (red light) that is working is not lighting up. Do you have any idea how to fix this?
@@paranoidparadigm886 Hi, Sorry to hear that. I've had quite a few of these now and not seen this. i haven't noticed a red light either which sounds interesting. Do the fans spin at all when plugged in?
Tried to plug in an Aerocool Mirage 12 fan but it didn't work, figured out the pinouts are different just like this: N-G-D-5v-G-12v (N is the data out pin which is unusable by the fan). So what i did was to flip the connector and switch the 5v and 2nd G pins so it matched the ones in the controller. The Fan did spin and I managed to controll the speed but the lights didn't turned on at all. Do you think I messed the RGB the first time I plugged them incorrectly ? or is just a compatibility issue ?
@@TechLabUK I guess that these aerocool fans indeed requiere their specific controllers to work which are either the H66F or H106C. That's sh*tt* move right there 😠
@@Lancer265 Yes that's right. I already have two of the Duo 14s, and I'm getting three Duo 12s to go with them. I am very fond of the fact that they have dual lighting patterns on each fan (blade and drum) and that the Aerocool controller plays to this advantage. Plus, they also serve two ARGB extensions, as well as six fans in total, with a remote control that also does fan speed. So, for £20, how could I refuse. They are bright and quite lovely, and I can always swap to the Aerocool Mirage model if I want a snappy look.
Thanks for this video dude! My case came with it's own rgb hub and led strip, but I had a separate for my fans that's exactly like coolmoon. My case led strip is only 3 pins, and I've tried plugging it to my fan hub, which accepts 4 pin for the led strip. Now it's broken. I bought another led strip but it's 3 pin again. Thankfully the strip is labelled now, so I was able to make it work even with the different connectors thanks to your explanation on the pins.
Your video is an excellent explanation if RGB wiring. Just bought a computer from ibuypower. The MB does not support RGB. I have a board (similar to the Coolmoon) connected to the fan power board feeding 4 fans. The 3 pin board is not connected to anything else and has several 3 pin (forth one in middle missing) connections at 5V. I figure a can connect RGB to these 3 pin connectors with right adapter. Not sure if the Coolmoon (or another) controller is necessary. It would be nice to have a remote controller to change lighting. I bought the new Phanteks NEON Digital-RGB LED Strip and not sure what its connection looks like but heard they keep it from being compatible from others. Is there a way (like ohms) to identify each wire on the LED strip +, -, 5V? When I get it I will connect it and see how it looks. I plan to add RGB lights to the fans. Coolmoon seems as good as more expensive controllers. The software for them seems new and problematic. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
The 3Pin 5v systems are ARGB so are incompatible with the 4Pin RGB systems. it sounds as though you already have a controller built in and if it's using the 3Pin standard other items should just plug straight into it. It's hard to tell without seeing, if you have access to discord we can chat more about it (See TH-cam Header for our server link).
@@TechLabUK Have not used discord but I did register today as MarkD. I spoke to tech support. They are sending me a 9 pin connector for motherboard to connect to the controller. (with 3 pin female) I should be able to use their driver software to control RGB with that connection. They are also sending a remote.
@@itzsultan3157 Wow, that doesn't sound good. Did you plug it into the controller to cause this? I think the sync is supposed to be the 4Pin plug on the right of the power one. I couldn't get it working so tore the controller apart and checked all the feeds and they seem to have disconnected it somewhere as it just doesn't get to the fans themselves.
@@TechLabUK some fire that came with the hub said vda on it so I took attached it's 3 pin to the hub and attached it's 4 pin in the rgb header and the 4 pin said vda or something like that . I turned the system on I saw a small flame I turned it off
@@itzsultan3157 That's real strange. Not had a controller yet from them with that additional VDA connection. If you mean VDG then that's the Gigabyte version of the ARGB connection which I would suspect should have worked if you have a Gigabyte board with this header and a controller with the supplied cable. Very strange.
Thank you. Can you please make a tutorial on the manual switch headers where we can attach a switch to toggle different states. Can we change brightness with that? [update: I have attached a switch. It can be used to change the LED effects or turn it off. But, cannot control the fans without the IR remote]
nice.. so does this mean you can convert the 4 pin for led strip to 3pin argb and be use for cpu cooler fan argb? (my mobo doesnt have argb header). thanks..
You can convert any of the Coolmoon 6Pin or 4Pin connections to a 3Pin ARGB standard connection. ARGB is a standard in terms of wiring so yes, this will work and I have done it like this a few times (In fact on Ebay you can buy adaptors for this exact thing). You can't convert ARGB to RGB though as they are different standards. Hope this helps.
Actually I just thought. if your motherboard doesn't have ARGB but your components do then you can simply buy a 3Pin Coolermoon controller. their newer versions come with the standard connections so no work involved. Only need to convert yourself if you already have coolmoon fans in this version of the controller and want to add a 3Pin standard device to it.
It depends what you mean by "Standard RGB Strip". These controllers work using ARGB which is a different standard. If you mean just a standard ARGB strip then yes, you can simply put a 2.0mm JST connection on the end of your strip as per the pinout in the video and plug it in. If not ARGB then unfortunately not. Hope this helps.
Great video. I've had one of these for about 6 months now I've actually purchased the "new" ones that have pwm + argb standard pin outs and can do pwm and argb motherboard sync..... Any chance you see any way to "mod" this one however to allow pwm?
Fan hub: a.aliexpress.com/_mM5Yc0X fans: a.aliexpress.com/_mNY3UFd So far so good on these ones. * not the store I bought from as they are out of stock, but I think these are priced the same as when I bought them... they are priced weird and you can save some money if your buying a few I shipped from USA and bought 8 fans and 1 hub for $30 cheaper than ship from China option. In this combination it was Cad $139 from China or Cad $100 from USA
Can I connect my Coolmoon RGB fan's LED directly to the motherboard's 3-pin ARGB connection? I actually lost the remote controller so I can't change the light settings. I am thinking of connecting the fan's 5v-in-GND to the motherboard and leaving the +12v-GND of the fan to the coolmoon circuit
thank you, my controller is suck and dead, the LED on the fan now at maximum and so fricking bright, now i'm about to cut that 5v LED pin. I also wonder if we can mod a typical fan case with 3or4 pin to plug them into that hub (only using 2 pin only the left side: 12v+ground)?
@@TechLabUK no, the ones on the controller, but i don't really need it anymore since my experiment failed. i was trying to figure it out since i was doing some moding on me own with the help of this vid, huge help btw, thanks.
@@coastalcatch8077 No problem. I have played around a lot with the ARGB standard and now tend to make all my lights my self from scratch. Feel free to join the Discord community if you wanna share your mods with the community or ask more questions (Easier to share pics etc). Discord link in TH-cam header :)
@@TechLabUK will check it out. btw i was trying to sync my hub with a music controller (sp106e), but every time i plug in more stuff to my hub, it would flash random colors. my hub had a motherboard 5v sync function to it, and that's what i used to connect to the music controller. theoretically it should work, it did, but it became weird once i plug in more stuff.
@@coastalcatch8077 Sounds like an awesome thing. Shame it wouldn't work though. Was the hub the one from this video or another? I know Coolmoon have a much newer version out that uses the standard 3Pin ARGB connections and Syncing etc.
It's the controller that doesn't seem to use it. The LED's will if the feed is there. ARGB is a standard just some strips miss out the Data out for some reason.
i bought a hub coolmoon controller for my non-coolmoon fans they also have 6pin, but they didnt work, shall the fans also be coolmoon in order to work ?
hello .... a question i watched the video but i have a doubt ..... my pc has a schrkoon case with 3 argb fans supplied and an argb controller on the back but my motherboard (asus) does not support aura creator I wanted to know if the effects of the argb are regulated by the motherboard or if with a controller like this (Rgb controller CoolMoon) I can have more light games and a software to control the whole pc or a physical controller thank you very much I wait for an answer
Hi, This version of the Coolmoon controller doesn't support a connection from a motherboard. Also, the fans are on 6pin connections so the controller is too which means your existing fans might not fit it. Coolmoon have recently released controllers that do work from the motherboards and use the standard 3Pin ARGB connections so it would / could work from one of the new version I believe.
Awesome video! Blew my mind. Thank you. I have an argb fan (3pin). How would I go about connecting it to the Coolmoon controller? I'd need a JST connector?
I believe they do many different versions. The newer models don't seem to have the RGB on the controller. Fortunately every one that I have bought so far has.
@@paranoidparadigm886 Not sure I understand the question. Do you mean how to remove the fan connectors from the Controller? If so, they simply pull out.
Hi! I bought new one today, however after few minutes, the remote controller stopped to work. I mean, it has the red led when I push a button, however, I makes no reaction to the remote controller. Do you know what could be the reason?
hello, I would like to disable completely the RGB of all fans when I turn on the Pc. Is it possible to do it on the molex connector or the red one connecting to the hub itself?
Is it possible to plug an arbg cpu fan (just the arb part, the fan part plugs into the mobo) into the "light strip" part and it would work? It has the same 1 blank 3 4 as the "light strip" ends
Not sure what you mean by one channel, each fan would only have one connection into the controller, unless you are soldering your own wires up then sure, can't see why not.
Hey man, old video so I hope I get a reply. I recently bought the Coolmoon Diamond Ray strip and saw that I needed the RGB Controller to actually use it instead of just plugging it into my mobo. If I rewire my LED strip to have the 3 pin mobo header as described by your wiring diagram, will it work?
Hey, yes. yes it will work. The strips are using the same standards , just the plugs are weird. In fact you can buy PHT to 3Pin ARGB adaptor cables from ebay if you didn't want to splice. Just sometimes not worth it.
My case has ARGB fans and strips, and a IN VDG connector with 3 pins but with just two wires. I suppose I can wire my coolmoon controller, taking the DATA OUT from one fan or led strip from the controller to the VDG IN, but how? Thanks in advance for your help.
I believe the VDG connectors are specific to Gigabyte Motherboard Headers. The V is Power, D is for Data and G is for Ground. One of the wires will be the data and the other will either be the 5v or Ground, you will need to work it out with a pinout. Once you know it's easy enough to connect those two to a Coolmoon controller as per this video.
I have 3 fans and a Coolmoon RGB controller as well as a remote to control the colour of the fans. However, the remote doesnt seem to work, cant alter fan speed, colour, animations etc. Any help?
I haave the cool moon with the 3 pin input connector, but have just aquired a asus strix h270f motherboard thats has a 4 pin header for rgb, is the a cable that connects the 4 pin rgb header ti the coolmoon 3 pin header, as i have thise exact fans and they claim to be aurora compatible
Unfortunately they will be incompatible. This is because the 4Pin is 12v RGB whereas the 3Pin is 5v ARGB (Addressable). They are two different standards.
Hey pal so i have a 5v argb plug coming off my EZdiy vertical gpu mount. Could i plug this straight into the led strip socket missing out the left pin as you shown in the middle picture?
Or do i have 2 choices, could i plug my 5v argb connector into the 2nd,3rd and 4th pins of the led strip connector OR the 3rd,4th and 5th pins of the 6 pin fan connectors?
@@danielparr3993 Go to 4:26 in the video and I draw the 3Pin connector pin out. I personally didn't want to cut the ends off my 3Pin lighting so instead created a adaptor cable from 3Pin to the Coolmoon 6/4Pin. Then I can use it where ever.
@@TechLabUK ahh ok, i already have an adapter to go on the 3 pin which changes it to a different 3pin 5v connector made to connect to Gigabyte boards. Would that connect straight onto the 3 relative pins in your diagram?
Depends wat you mean. If it is a 4Pin PHT to 3Pin ARGB connection you can find adaptors on Ebay etc. If you mean 4Pin RGB to 3Pin ARGB then not directly but I have seen EZ-DIY on Amazon do a device that can work to translate the signals.
hey there bro! i have the same hub and i have fans and two led strips plugged in to it. would it be possible to have different color between the fan and strips using my motherboard?
I don't believe so if everything is running through the hub. If you had an ARGB header on your motherboard and made an adaptor (3Pin to 4/6Pin) then you could run them independently.
Thank you very much. I got 4 coolmoon fans and a new case. This case got a pwm rgb splitter/controller included. Now i have the problem that this new controller from the case dont synchronisize with the old ones from coolmoon because the coolmoon ones only have a 5V input for power. I will remove 3 pins and hope the fans dont die lol. Do you got any tips for me? I want to synchronisize it with my ASUS TUF B660M Plus. Greetings
Unfortunately a lot of the Coolmoon controllers with these types of connections have no way of being sycronised. Although, knowing the pinout of the fans i would replace the argb connections on the fans with standard 3Pin and run the lights from the Motherboard through a splitter or hub so the lights can be synced and run the fans from the original Coolmoon hub. A lot of work though.
@@TechLabUK Thank you for your quick response. Yeah that would be a lot of work to do lmao. I think ill get myself a bunch of new fans, the coolmoon fans arent that good, but cheap. Thanks for your help my guy!
@@notGX1- Sometimes it's a false economy thing. If you mean to keep your fans for a while it's sometimes best to go for a high brand with standard connections. Costs more but you can take them with you build to build and can always find a new hub or controller that will work.
@@notGX1- For fans we like to keep around and move system to system we generally buy 6 (Even if we don't use them all now) so we have them if we move case and need another. Antec do some great looking fans with standard connections plain, rgb and argb and they are not that expensive when buy the 3x fan kits. Worth looking at.
You could provide the power via that method but not the digital signal needed to assign the LEDs their instructions. You would still need an aRGB controller which would be the thing you need to connect to the transformer.
Got a question hope you can help me, I got a bunch of TT Riing fans but the controllers that come with it are broken. Could I use this controller with these fans? (Looks like a 5 pin fan or I could be wrong)
Great video! Thanks! How can I get this controller to plug in to my motherboard (JRAINBOW1) or where can I find the controller that can allow for my 9x 6pin fans to be controlled by my software (razer synapse or msi mystic lights)?
Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately you can't with this specific model. I tried for ages to get it to work but some models do have this feature so look out for this when purchasing. They usually say "Aura Sync" or something similar.
Unfortunately not. These don't allow for motherboard control and even if they did it would be ARGB (3Pin 5v) only as the ARGB and RGB standards are different.
Hello, I'm sorry if you have answered this before, but I can't find it anywhere. My pc came with a similar controller, but I can't control it through the motherboard. It is connected with a 3 pin connector and the aura sync software recognises it as a Adressable LED strip, but it doesnt change the color. I can only change it using the remote and it always resets to the rainbow effect every time I turn off the computer. Is there any way to disable the remote control? thank you very much?
I'm not sure what controller you have as most are different. If it came with the ability to plug into the motherboard it must have Sync. In my experience there has to be away of switching it from the controller it's self to the motherboard. Sometimes they do this through a connection to the reset switch on the case (They reuse the switch to switch the source of the RGB). Take a look at the wiring on the controller and see if this is done.
@@TechLabUK hi, thank you for the quick reply. i never realized the reset button affected the rgb. Anyway, i pressed the reset button for a while and it switched control to the mother board. But now only the first led of each fan/strip lights up.
@@cesarsobreiro I wasn't sure if it would work, it's just the style I have seen before. If only one LED is showing up it may be something to do with the configuration of the motherboard software. Worth having a play around in there or googling the symptoms with that software to see if there is a fix.
@@cesarsobreiro A quick google finds this article with similar (Not sure on the board / versions you have etc) rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?120822-Front-ARGB-Fans-Only-1-LED-on-when-synced
@@TechLabUK Hi, thank you once again. Yes that did the trick. Now I just have to figure out how to make it not reset after shutdown. Once again, thank you very much for the help.
Is it possible to solder the ARGN 3pin connector or the JST 2pin connector to a USB type A? Since they both have the same pinouts and use the same amount of voltage. I wonder if you could control the ARGB that way by through software by hooking it up with a USB type A into motherboards that don't have an ARGB header.
I got a Coolmoon controller and tryed to use it whit some fans I had from a 3x RGB fan kit whit they're own... Non RGB basic controller... So I decided to use the fans with the Coolmoon fan and for my worst it didn't work
Sir please help. How can i turn this rgb on, i have coolmoon as well. My lights are off i cant turn them back on because my remote controller is dead. Please help
I fixed it. You need: A measuring device like a Multimeter to check for bad capicitators(measuring from ground) and need to check the resistance values of resistors first. If they are okay you need to check the chips according to the code written on it.(search the sheets for them online) Atfer everything seemed fine according to this. I decided to reflow the board with a Heatblower. The soldering is atrocious and thats the weak point of the device. You need to reflow the chip on the other side of the antenna. Also you need capton tape to protect the plastic or other deflecting foil. Then it willmake proper contact and work again.
My remote suddenly stopped working for this controller. The lights are still on, but i can't change color or turn down the speed anymore. Yesterday evening everything was fine, i didn't change anything and now it doesn't react anymore. Does anyone know of a solution, im really bummed and i don't want these fans to spin at max RPM the whole time, its loud and annoying.
Very informative video. :) Would have been great if you could have shown how it was connected to the motherboard. Would you know if you could connect it to a USB header and if there was a software that could control them? My problem is that, my motherboard does not have an RGB header. I think I share the same problem with many users as well. Not enough videos, if there was at all, on if or how it could be done.
Hi, Unfortunately these versions of the Coolmoon controllers don't allow connections to motherboards. They are stand alone. There are more expensive versions out there that allow this and Coolmoon have recently released one that does (I have just got one in now) but they often use an existing RGB/ARGB header from your motherboard which wouldn't help you.
Although basic the Coolmoon Fan / RGB Controllers really do offer a lot for the price but it is a shame they are restricted to Coolmoon fans due to the connections. Hopefully this guide will help others with that. If this video helped you then make sure you come and join our Discord Community and show us what you did here: discord.com/invite/Dx7xZt5MHF
Since you're a techy, you should know negative is not always connected to ground.
Hey bro, sorry i want to ask, did you know what the different of 6 pin fan like in this video and 6 pin with lock like armaggeddon fan or aerocool fan? Because i've tried the fans with 6 pin like in this video to my controller fan (infinity case built in) it doesnt work, and fans in my infinity case have 6 pin with lock like aerocool or armaggeddon fan. Thank you
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Hey, I'm not sure without taking one apart but I suspect they work using the same principal but other brands may swap the wires around to make it so you have to buy their fans and controllers. With the Coolmoon fan speed on these 6Pins are simply two wires. The other four are for the ARGB which is effectively just a standard. Others may have PWM power for the fans meaning three wires for fan power (PWM Wire to change speeds) and three wires for the ARGB +5, GND, In (Missing the Out as even these Coolmoon fans don't use the out, the wire is just there).
@@TechLabUK i have an issue in this particular product, after a week of using it the controller stopped working, the light above the controller that indicates (red light) that is working is not lighting up. Do you have any idea how to fix this?
@@paranoidparadigm886 Hi, Sorry to hear that. I've had quite a few of these now and not seen this. i haven't noticed a red light either which sounds interesting. Do the fans spin at all when plugged in?
@@TechLabUK yes, the fans is working in fact the lights are still on but I can't configure it because of the broken controller
Tried to plug in an Aerocool Mirage 12 fan but it didn't work, figured out the pinouts are different just like this: N-G-D-5v-G-12v (N is the data out pin which is unusable by the fan).
So what i did was to flip the connector and switch the 5v and 2nd G pins so it matched the ones in the controller. The Fan did spin and I managed to controll the speed but the lights didn't turned on at all. Do you think I messed the RGB the first time I plugged them incorrectly ? or is just a compatibility issue ?
I'm not sure, I have wired them up completely wrong before and never damaged the lights.
@@TechLabUK I guess that these aerocool fans indeed requiere their specific controllers to work which are either the H66F or H106C. That's sh*tt* move right there 😠
Thanks for posting this. I was just deciding what to buy and now I know what I need because of your kind comment.
@@SC-hk6ui Really 😀? so you're getting aerocool fans ?
@@Lancer265 Yes that's right. I already have two of the Duo 14s, and I'm getting three Duo 12s to go with them. I am very fond of the fact that they have dual lighting patterns on each fan (blade and drum) and that the Aerocool controller plays to this advantage. Plus, they also serve two ARGB extensions, as well as six fans in total, with a remote control that also does fan speed. So, for £20, how could I refuse. They are bright and quite lovely, and I can always swap to the Aerocool Mirage model if I want a snappy look.
Thank you for this info. I have this exact model controller and this answered every question I had explicitly.
No problem, glad it helped. Thanks for the watch and comment.
Thanks for this video dude! My case came with it's own rgb hub and led strip, but I had a separate for my fans that's exactly like coolmoon. My case led strip is only 3 pins, and I've tried plugging it to my fan hub, which accepts 4 pin for the led strip. Now it's broken. I bought another led strip but it's 3 pin again. Thankfully the strip is labelled now, so I was able to make it work even with the different connectors thanks to your explanation on the pins.
Your video is an excellent explanation if RGB wiring. Just bought a computer from ibuypower. The MB does not support RGB. I have a board (similar to the Coolmoon) connected to the fan power board feeding 4 fans. The 3 pin board is not connected to anything else and has several 3 pin (forth one in middle missing) connections at 5V. I figure a can connect RGB to these 3 pin connectors with right adapter. Not sure if the Coolmoon (or another) controller is necessary. It would be nice to have a remote controller to change lighting. I bought the new Phanteks NEON Digital-RGB LED Strip and not sure what its connection looks like but heard they keep it from being compatible from others. Is there a way (like ohms) to identify each wire on the LED strip +, -, 5V? When I get it I will connect it and see how it looks. I plan to add RGB lights to the fans. Coolmoon seems as good as more expensive controllers. The software for them seems new and problematic. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
The 3Pin 5v systems are ARGB so are incompatible with the 4Pin RGB systems. it sounds as though you already have a controller built in and if it's using the 3Pin standard other items should just plug straight into it. It's hard to tell without seeing, if you have access to discord we can chat more about it (See TH-cam Header for our server link).
@@TechLabUK Have not used discord but I did register today as MarkD. I spoke to tech support. They are sending me a 9 pin connector for motherboard to connect to the controller. (with 3 pin female) I should be able to use their driver software to control RGB with that connection. They are also sending a remote.
@@DrRoos That sounds awesome of them. That should get you up and running.
Which wire goes into the motherboard for argb sync ?
The version in the video doesn't have sync. They are supposed to have a version that does but haven't had one of them in yet.
@@TechLabUK that explains why my rgb header caught on fire but I managed to save my board from dying and it burning
@@itzsultan3157 Wow, that doesn't sound good. Did you plug it into the controller to cause this? I think the sync is supposed to be the 4Pin plug on the right of the power one. I couldn't get it working so tore the controller apart and checked all the feeds and they seem to have disconnected it somewhere as it just doesn't get to the fans themselves.
@@TechLabUK some fire that came with the hub said vda on it so I took attached it's 3 pin to the hub and attached it's 4 pin in the rgb header and the 4 pin said vda or something like that . I turned the system on I saw a small flame I turned it off
@@itzsultan3157 That's real strange. Not had a controller yet from them with that additional VDA connection. If you mean VDG then that's the Gigabyte version of the ARGB connection which I would suspect should have worked if you have a Gigabyte board with this header and a controller with the supplied cable. Very strange.
Thank you. Can you please make a tutorial on the manual switch headers where we can attach a switch to toggle different states. Can we change brightness with that?
[update: I have attached a switch. It can be used to change the LED effects or turn it off. But, cannot control the fans without the IR remote]
Can you help me to pair RF coolmoon remote to coolmoon controller?
Hello. Any ideea what the 2 pin is for right next to the power? Is it for the case button to change the rgb effects?
I think on some models it's for a reset switch to control the lighting but I have not had a Coolmoon controller where it works.
Pretty late but I'll reply anyways in case someone has a similar problem.
Yes, it's for the case button for manual rgb control.
thank you you. helped me a lot. because my motherboard has four pins. very valuable modification and rgb all turn on in the same way
Do you think I can use this converter to connect a cooler master fan and control it through the coolmoon adapter?
If the fan is ARGB then you can to control the lighting but not the fan speeds.
nice.. so does this mean you can convert the 4 pin for led strip to 3pin argb and be use for cpu cooler fan argb? (my mobo doesnt have argb header). thanks..
You can convert any of the Coolmoon 6Pin or 4Pin connections to a 3Pin ARGB standard connection. ARGB is a standard in terms of wiring so yes, this will work and I have done it like this a few times (In fact on Ebay you can buy adaptors for this exact thing). You can't convert ARGB to RGB though as they are different standards. Hope this helps.
Actually I just thought. if your motherboard doesn't have ARGB but your components do then you can simply buy a 3Pin Coolermoon controller. their newer versions come with the standard connections so no work involved. Only need to convert yourself if you already have coolmoon fans in this version of the controller and want to add a 3Pin standard device to it.
hey would there be anyway i can connect standard rgb strip lights to this controller
It depends what you mean by "Standard RGB Strip". These controllers work using ARGB which is a different standard. If you mean just a standard ARGB strip then yes, you can simply put a 2.0mm JST connection on the end of your strip as per the pinout in the video and plug it in. If not ARGB then unfortunately not. Hope this helps.
Yes thankyou
Mine caught on fire when i tried
Great video. I've had one of these for about 6 months now I've actually purchased the "new" ones that have pwm + argb standard pin outs and can do pwm and argb motherboard sync..... Any chance you see any way to "mod" this one however to allow pwm?
Fan hub: a.aliexpress.com/_mM5Yc0X
fans:
a.aliexpress.com/_mNY3UFd
So far so good on these ones. * not the store I bought from as they are out of stock, but I think these are priced the same as when I bought them... they are priced weird and you can save some money if your buying a few I shipped from USA and bought 8 fans and 1 hub for $30 cheaper than ship from China option. In this combination it was Cad $139 from China or Cad $100 from USA
@@gregpolachuk That's awesome, thanks. I will check them out.
Can i insert a small 4 pin connector?
The connectors are JST PH 2.0mm. 6Pin for the fans and 4Pin for the Light Strips.
can you put 4 pin fans in the controller too or are the 4 pins only for the led strips?
Do you mean 4Pin RGB connectors? If so then no, this uses the 3Pin ARGB Standard so it's addressable.
Can I connect my Coolmoon RGB fan's LED directly to the motherboard's 3-pin ARGB connection? I actually lost the remote controller so I can't change the light settings. I am thinking of connecting the fan's 5v-in-GND to the motherboard and leaving the +12v-GND of the fan to the coolmoon circuit
The ARGB is a standard so it would work fine.
How can I connect 5 LEDs of 5 fans.. Can I just connect the common ARGB wire configuration like all +5v will be connected, same for data in?
@@sarljames That would work and every fan would be a copy of the next in patterns.
thank you, my controller is suck and dead, the LED on the fan now at maximum and so fricking bright, now i'm about to cut that 5v LED pin. I also wonder if we can mod a typical fan case with 3or4 pin to plug them into that hub (only using 2 pin only the left side: 12v+ground)?
What LED strip is compatible with this? I normally use 5050 RGB but they are 4 pin... thanks
It should be any aRGB 3Pin.
hello, any idea what are the pin layouts for the motherboard pins?
Do you mean the ARGB headers on the motherboard? They are usually marked.
@@TechLabUK no, the ones on the controller, but i don't really need it anymore since my experiment failed. i was trying to figure it out since i was doing some moding on me own with the help of this vid, huge help btw, thanks.
@@coastalcatch8077 No problem. I have played around a lot with the ARGB standard and now tend to make all my lights my self from scratch. Feel free to join the Discord community if you wanna share your mods with the community or ask more questions (Easier to share pics etc). Discord link in TH-cam header :)
@@TechLabUK will check it out. btw i was trying to sync my hub with a music controller (sp106e), but every time i plug in more stuff to my hub, it would flash random colors. my hub had a motherboard 5v sync function to it, and that's what i used to connect to the music controller. theoretically it should work, it did, but it became weird once i plug in more stuff.
@@coastalcatch8077 Sounds like an awesome thing. Shame it wouldn't work though. Was the hub the one from this video or another? I know Coolmoon have a much newer version out that uses the standard 3Pin ARGB connections and Syncing etc.
Why aren't we using the "data out" pin? I was considering retrofitting the 6-pin for use on a Corsair node controller.
It's the controller that doesn't seem to use it. The LED's will if the feed is there. ARGB is a standard just some strips miss out the Data out for some reason.
i bought a hub coolmoon controller for my non-coolmoon fans they also have 6pin, but they didnt work, shall the fans also be coolmoon in order to work ?
hello .... a question i watched the video but i have a doubt ..... my pc has a schrkoon case with 3 argb fans supplied and an argb controller on the back but my motherboard (asus) does not support aura creator I wanted to know if the effects of the argb are regulated by the motherboard or if with a controller like this (Rgb controller CoolMoon) I can have more light games and a software to control the whole pc or a physical controller
thank you very much I wait for an answer
Hi, This version of the Coolmoon controller doesn't support a connection from a motherboard. Also, the fans are on 6pin connections so the controller is too which means your existing fans might not fit it. Coolmoon have recently released controllers that do work from the motherboards and use the standard 3Pin ARGB connections so it would / could work from one of the new version I believe.
Buen video, ahora quedo claro con el tipo de conexión y también ya se que se pueden combinar con otras marcas al controlador coolmoon
Is it possible to connect RBG fans on ARBG controller? to glow only in 1 color ?also controller is 6pin as fans
Awesome video! Blew my mind. Thank you.
I have an argb fan (3pin). How would I go about connecting it to the Coolmoon controller? I'd need a JST connector?
Basically yeah. Connect the wires up as per the pinout in the video and away you go.
@@TechLabUK I did it and I'm proud of myself! Thank you for the knowledge that you shared. You saved me some moneh. :-)
@@cookiemonsta_za No Problem 👍
my coolmoon controller does not turn on the led - the fan's rgb led is ok, only the controller led does not light
I believe they do many different versions. The newer models don't seem to have the RGB on the controller. Fortunately every one that I have bought so far has.
@@TechLabUK how do I remove this connectors to the dock, I find it hard to remove it.
@@paranoidparadigm886 Not sure I understand the question. Do you mean how to remove the fan connectors from the Controller? If so, they simply pull out.
Hi friend, this 2-pin connector next to the power supply input, would it be for PWM? Do you know how it works?
I believe it does but not on all units, I didn't get a cable with this one so not sure if it works or not.
Hi! I bought new one today, however after few minutes, the remote controller stopped to work. I mean, it has the red led when I push a button, however, I makes no reaction to the remote controller. Do you know what could be the reason?
hello, I would like to disable completely the RGB of all fans when I turn on the Pc. Is it possible to do it on the molex connector or the red one connecting to the hub itself?
Is it possible to plug an arbg cpu fan (just the arb part, the fan part plugs into the mobo) into the "light strip" part and it would work?
It has the same 1 blank 3 4 as the "light strip" ends
Yes, The aRGB part of any fan is just a strip of LED's really so as long as it's the same standard it will work.
@@TechLabUK what a legend! Thanks mate. Great video
@@Flabbergash NP Good luck with the modding.
Can i connect two rgb fans on one channel on this board?
Not sure what you mean by one channel, each fan would only have one connection into the controller, unless you are soldering your own wires up then sure, can't see why not.
Hey man, old video so I hope I get a reply.
I recently bought the Coolmoon Diamond Ray strip and saw that I needed the RGB Controller to actually use it instead of just plugging it into my mobo.
If I rewire my LED strip to have the 3 pin mobo header as described by your wiring diagram, will it work?
Hey, yes. yes it will work. The strips are using the same standards , just the plugs are weird. In fact you can buy PHT to 3Pin ARGB adaptor cables from ebay if you didn't want to splice. Just sometimes not worth it.
I have a 3 LED strip that I use just plugged straight into the mobo.
I was wondering if I could cut that strip and wire it to the coolmoon one?
@@TechLabUK Would this not work with the 4 Pin RGB header?
@@_m.y.c YOu could splice the existing 3 pin no problem but it won't work on a 4 Pin. aRGB and RGB are different standards.
@@TechLabUK Thank you so much for all the help! I’ve subscribed
My case has ARGB fans and strips, and a IN VDG connector with 3 pins but with just two wires. I suppose I can wire my coolmoon controller, taking the DATA OUT from one fan or led strip from the controller to the VDG IN, but how? Thanks in advance for your help.
I believe the VDG connectors are specific to Gigabyte Motherboard Headers. The V is Power, D is for Data and G is for Ground. One of the wires will be the data and the other will either be the 5v or Ground, you will need to work it out with a pinout. Once you know it's easy enough to connect those two to a Coolmoon controller as per this video.
What happens if you connect the input next to the power connector?
I have 3 fans and a Coolmoon RGB controller as well as a remote to control the colour of the fans. However, the remote doesnt seem to work, cant alter fan speed, colour, animations etc. Any help?
Not without the remote :(
I haave the cool moon with the 3 pin input connector, but have just aquired a asus strix h270f motherboard thats has a 4 pin header for rgb, is the a cable that connects the 4 pin rgb header ti the coolmoon 3 pin header, as i have thise exact fans and they claim to be aurora compatible
Unfortunately they will be incompatible. This is because the 4Pin is 12v RGB whereas the 3Pin is 5v ARGB (Addressable). They are two different standards.
Many thanks for the info mate just what i needed for my controller from coolmoon . 8-)
Glad it’s helpful and thanks for watching 👍
Hey pal so i have a 5v argb plug coming off my EZdiy vertical gpu mount. Could i plug this straight into the led strip socket missing out the left pin as you shown in the middle picture?
Or do i have 2 choices, could i plug my 5v argb connector into the 2nd,3rd and 4th pins of the led strip connector OR the 3rd,4th and 5th pins of the 6 pin fan connectors?
@@danielparr3993 You should be able to plug it into either socket on the controller following the pinout guide in the video.
@@TechLabUK | Thanks for the reply.
How would i tell which cable is which on the 5v 3pin connector?
@@danielparr3993 Go to 4:26 in the video and I draw the 3Pin connector pin out. I personally didn't want to cut the ends off my 3Pin lighting so instead created a adaptor cable from 3Pin to the Coolmoon 6/4Pin. Then I can use it where ever.
@@TechLabUK ahh ok, i already have an adapter to go on the 3 pin which changes it to a different 3pin 5v connector made to connect to Gigabyte boards. Would that connect straight onto the 3 relative pins in your diagram?
is there any 4 pin to 3 pin? argb
Depends wat you mean. If it is a 4Pin PHT to 3Pin ARGB connection you can find adaptors on Ebay etc. If you mean 4Pin RGB to 3Pin ARGB then not directly but I have seen EZ-DIY on Amazon do a device that can work to translate the signals.
@@TechLabUK with those items i should be able to control my pc fans rgb and speed through software right?
@@SometimeYuno Should be able to.
hey there bro! i have the same hub and i have fans and two led strips plugged in to it. would it be possible to have different color between the fan and strips using my motherboard?
I don't believe so if everything is running through the hub. If you had an ARGB header on your motherboard and made an adaptor (3Pin to 4/6Pin) then you could run them independently.
Thank you very much. I got 4 coolmoon fans and a new case. This case got a pwm rgb splitter/controller included. Now i have the problem that this new controller from the case dont synchronisize with the old ones from coolmoon because the coolmoon ones only have a 5V input for power. I will remove 3 pins and hope the fans dont die lol. Do you got any tips for me? I want to synchronisize it with my ASUS TUF B660M Plus. Greetings
Unfortunately a lot of the Coolmoon controllers with these types of connections have no way of being sycronised. Although, knowing the pinout of the fans i would replace the argb connections on the fans with standard 3Pin and run the lights from the Motherboard through a splitter or hub so the lights can be synced and run the fans from the original Coolmoon hub. A lot of work though.
@@TechLabUK Thank you for your quick response. Yeah that would be a lot of work to do lmao. I think ill get myself a bunch of new fans, the coolmoon fans arent that good, but cheap. Thanks for your help my guy!
@@notGX1- Sometimes it's a false economy thing. If you mean to keep your fans for a while it's sometimes best to go for a high brand with standard connections. Costs more but you can take them with you build to build and can always find a new hub or controller that will work.
@@TechLabUK definetly, i totally agree with you. Thats more secure and less stressful when you want to upgrade the case e.g. like it is in my case.
@@notGX1- For fans we like to keep around and move system to system we generally buy 6 (Even if we don't use them all now) so we have them if we move case and need another. Antec do some great looking fans with standard connections plain, rgb and argb and they are not that expensive when buy the 3x fan kits. Worth looking at.
How could I connect and illuminate an argb from a 6-pin fan to a 5v cell phone transformer?it's possible?
You could provide the power via that method but not the digital signal needed to assign the LEDs their instructions. You would still need an aRGB controller which would be the thing you need to connect to the transformer.
Got a question hope you can help me, I got a bunch of TT Riing fans but the controllers that come with it are broken. Could I use this controller with these fans? (Looks like a 5 pin fan or I could be wrong)
Without seeing a pinout it's hard to say but the ARGB it of them will be the same as it's a standard.
can join 2 coolmoon cotrollers together and sync them
I don't believe so as these versions don't have sync.
Is this controller can save previous color after restarting PC?
Yes, they save their settings.
Great video! Thanks! How can I get this controller to plug in to my motherboard (JRAINBOW1) or where can I find the controller that can allow for my 9x 6pin fans to be controlled by my software (razer synapse or msi mystic lights)?
Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately you can't with this specific model. I tried for ages to get it to work but some models do have this feature so look out for this when purchasing. They usually say "Aura Sync" or something similar.
can i use it with a 4pin connection to my motherboard? because i have the MSI x470 gaming plus max but there is no 3 pin 5v
Unfortunately not. These don't allow for motherboard control and even if they did it would be ARGB (3Pin 5v) only as the ARGB and RGB standards are different.
@@TechLabUK so i need to get the remote one so i only need to plug IT into my powersupply?
so the 6 pin is not the pwm signal?
No, the fans appear to have their speed controlled by voltage with the two fan power cables.
Hello,
I'm sorry if you have answered this before, but I can't find it anywhere. My pc came with a similar controller, but I can't control it through the motherboard. It is connected with a 3 pin connector and the aura sync software recognises it as a Adressable LED strip, but it doesnt change the color. I can only change it using the remote and it always resets to the rainbow effect every time I turn off the computer. Is there any way to disable the remote control?
thank you very much?
I'm not sure what controller you have as most are different. If it came with the ability to plug into the motherboard it must have Sync. In my experience there has to be away of switching it from the controller it's self to the motherboard. Sometimes they do this through a connection to the reset switch on the case (They reuse the switch to switch the source of the RGB). Take a look at the wiring on the controller and see if this is done.
@@TechLabUK hi, thank you for the quick reply. i never realized the reset button affected the rgb. Anyway, i pressed the reset button for a while and it switched control to the mother board. But now only the first led of each fan/strip lights up.
@@cesarsobreiro I wasn't sure if it would work, it's just the style I have seen before. If only one LED is showing up it may be something to do with the configuration of the motherboard software. Worth having a play around in there or googling the symptoms with that software to see if there is a fix.
@@cesarsobreiro A quick google finds this article with similar (Not sure on the board / versions you have etc) rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?120822-Front-ARGB-Fans-Only-1-LED-on-when-synced
@@TechLabUK Hi, thank you once again. Yes that did the trick. Now I just have to figure out how to make it not reset after shutdown.
Once again, thank you very much for the help.
Is it possible to solder the ARGN 3pin connector or the JST 2pin connector to a USB type A? Since they both have the same pinouts and use the same amount of voltage. I wonder if you could control the ARGB that way by through software by hooking it up with a USB type A into motherboards that don't have an ARGB header.
I got a Coolmoon controller and tryed to use it whit some fans I had from a 3x RGB fan kit whit they're own... Non RGB basic controller... So I decided to use the fans with the Coolmoon fan and for my worst it didn't work
Sir please help. How can i turn this rgb on, i have coolmoon as well. My lights are off i cant turn them back on because my remote controller is dead. Please help
this thing is stuck on one color. I measured the board no damage... im totally puzzled
Is it the remote playing up? Tried a new battery?
@@TechLabUK the remote is workin on the other one i have. I jsut reflowed the whole board....
I fixed it. You need: A measuring device like a Multimeter to check for bad capicitators(measuring from ground) and need to check the resistance values of resistors first. If they are okay you need to check the chips according to the code written on it.(search the sheets for them online) Atfer everything seemed fine according to this. I decided to reflow the board with a Heatblower. The soldering is atrocious and thats the weak point of the device. You need to reflow the chip on the other side of the antenna. Also you need capton tape to protect the plastic or other deflecting foil. Then it willmake proper contact and work again.
@@IndianaStones1 Sweet! Glad you got it fixed and way too technical for us lol
the negative is GND led and next is GND fan. sorry for my bad english.
My remote suddenly stopped working for this controller. The lights are still on, but i can't change color or turn down the speed anymore. Yesterday evening everything was fine, i didn't change anything and now it doesn't react anymore. Does anyone know of a solution, im really bummed and i don't want these fans to spin at max RPM the whole time, its loud and annoying.
Very useful!
Buddy your a life saver 🙏 tysm 😃
Glad the video helped you and thanks for watching 🙂
Very nice!
почему не на японском языке? ничего же не понятно
Thank I don't known before.
Thank you
Very informative video. :) Would have been great if you could have shown how it was connected to the motherboard.
Would you know if you could connect it to a USB header and if there was a software that could control them? My problem is that, my motherboard does not have an RGB header. I think I share the same problem with many users as well. Not enough videos, if there was at all, on if or how it could be done.
Hi, Unfortunately these versions of the Coolmoon controllers don't allow connections to motherboards. They are stand alone. There are more expensive versions out there that allow this and Coolmoon have recently released one that does (I have just got one in now) but they often use an existing RGB/ARGB header from your motherboard which wouldn't help you.
@@TechLabUK too bad. :( Thank you!
I become a cool Moon RGB Controller with 3 Pin and 4 pin.for 10€
Nice!
Waste of money dont buy this garbage
They are not great. Much better options out there now. Find ourselves hacking them all the time to make them truly useful so just stopped buying now.