Question Do I need to connect the pump for liquid cooler

[PeterPro]

Do I need to connect the pump in order for for it to work?

 

[sizzling]

Yes

 

[rubix_1011]

Also yes.

 

[USAFRet]

Of course.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Do I need to connect the pump in order for for it to work?

Uh, yes. Why would you even think otherwise?

 

[Adamy24]

My aorus 240 is not connected to my motherboard it actually connects to itself which I had very very hard time getting that info from the manufacturer. The pump in that type actually plugs into a wire coming from the pump. Not sure how the pump powers the pump but go figure that

 

[theoneandonlyfoohyking]

Yes.... how's it supposed to work if it has no power?

 

[Adamy24]

What kind is it

 

[Adamy24]

Mine gets power thru sata. Has usb connection which says is for lcd display but no other connections. Made to the mother board

 

[Karadjgne]

Pumps don't attach to pumps. Simple designs use the cpu_fan header for power/tach and the motherboard for fans. Most software controlled use the cpu_fan header for tach, Sata for power to both fans and pump and USB2 for software.

If you attached the cpu_fan header to a fan outlet, that will work only on a Sata powered pump, but is not correct.

 

[Adamy24]

I’ll send pic from gigabyte website I thought same thing they said usb controls it But my pump plugs into a wire coming from the pump

 

[Adamy24]

I have no cpu fan or pump header used. But there some harlcom misspelled probably that is showing in my boot sequence not sure what that is but I’m guessing it’s a over ride telling my bios I have cooler for cpu

 

[Adamy24]

Both wires from pump

 

[Adamy24]

https://imgur.com/a/TyGiW9U

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/TyGiW9U

 

[Adamy24]

I sent them a question about these 2 wires because they are not talked about in the instructions. Both wires come from the pump you see there answer is connect them together. They exactly which wires they are because I sent them a detailed pic of each wire from the pump. It’s very confusing for me to because I had no idea where to plug the pump into. I tried plugging it into the cpu pump and fan header didn’t work because I couldn’t control the rpm. Only way it works is plug the 4 pin wire coming from the pump to the pin wire labeled pump coming from the pump. It the dumbest thing I think