A quick fix for non addressable RGB LED fans that spin but do not light up.

***Some motherboards will not apply settings until you reboot. Make sure you save settings and reboot if you don't see it right away like the Gigabyte*** If you need to find out your make and model motherboard, get for free CPU-Z https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html ‪A quick fix for non addressable RGB fans if you’re fans are spinning but no LED. These are non addressable LEDs so power for fan and led in standard 4 pin plug. Might have to reboot to take effect. Could have also used a 4 pin molex to 4 pin fan header adapter with the same effect. Full speed 12V power. Lian Li 205m from Microcenter Gigabyte Aorus AMD Asus example image of motherboard Fan 4pin and 3 pin headers https://www.ekwb.com/blog/what-is-pwm-and-how-does-it-work/ (Don't put case fans in the CPU fan headers which are clearly marked) A lot of addressable RGB fans use a controller which needs to be plugged into a motherboard USB header. Then they will also need controlling software specific to the manufacturer. I'll list a couple of popular ones below. NZXT https://nzxt.com/software/cam Corsair https://www.corsair.com/us/en/downloads Thermaltake https://ttrgbplus.thermaltake.com/ #PCMR #diypc

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