Question Corsair H100i connection question

ranchero-68

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Does it have a 3 or 4 pin motherboard connector? Download for the quick start guide on the website said its a 3 pin. I want to install on a Z390 Aorus Ultra. Thanks Mark
 
It turns out you do not have to worry about this. I posted an explanation behind the common Corsair design on Apr 28 here so you can see that


In the H100i system, all the power for the AIO system - pump and rad fans - comes from a connection to a SATA power output from the PSU. The cable from the pump that ends in a 3-pin female fan connector really has only one function - it sends the pump's speed signal to the mobo header you plug it into. You also must connect a cable from a socket on the pump body to a mobo USB2 header and download and install the Corsair iCue software. When you configure it, that software takes over all control of CPU cooling and monitoring the AIO system for component failure - none of those jobs is left to the mobo's CPU cooling system. Readings available to you through BIOS Setup for the CPU_FAN header are not to be used - use only the information in the iCue software tool to examine CPU cooling.