Question Fan Hub - Power Cable Issue [works after re-plugging]

[MrBurton]

All of my case fans and my AIO cooler's radiator fans and CPU block are connected to my ARGB fan hub which came with my case (MSI Mag Forge 112R). There is no issue with the RGB on my components but rather with the power cable for the hub itself. While the PC is running, if I take out the power cable for the hub and re plug it back in all of the RGB's start working without any problems, but every time I restart my PC they're not working.

The power cable to the hub is PWM I believe and the connection to the power supply is SATA. Is there any kind of fix for this? A friend of mine mentioned using WD-40 electrical contact cleaner.

Thank you for the help in advance.

 

[Ralston18]

No WD-40 contact cleaner.

Do nothing without first understanding what the problem truly is. You could make things worse.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drives: make, model, capacity, how full?

Plugging and unplugging devices while the system is powered up is likely to end badly.

After the next boot, without any unplugging/re-plugging look in Reliability History/Monitor for any error codes, warnings, or even informational events regarding failures to start.

If no errors, etc. are noted, then at the next power down and the entire system is unplugged then swap in a known working power cable for the hub.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Apart from what you've included above, there's no way of knowing the make and model of the fans that are hooked to the hub.

You're advised to pass on the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

As for the hub, which port on the motherboard is it hooked up to?

 

[MrBurton]

All of my case fans and my AIO cooler's radiator fans and CPU block are connected to my ARGB fan hub which came with my case (MSI Mag Forge 112R). There is no issue with the RGB on my components but rather with the power cable for the hub itself. While the PC is running, if I take out the power cable for the hub and re plug it back in all of the RGB's start working without any problems, but every time I restart my PC they're not working.

I know its not a good idea to remove cables and fiddle around with the PC while its running but I just wanted to figure out exactly what it is.

My question is, what can I do to solve this issue and have my RGB lights on my components light up consistently, I realize I may need a new PWM to SATA cable but perhaps there are some options to get the cable I have already working?

Thank you in advance for any help.

My specs are as follows;

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600​

CPU Cooler: MSI Mag CoreLiqiud 240R V2​

Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max​

Ram: 2x PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K DDR4-3200MHz CL16​

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVME M.2 1TB​

HDD: ST1000VX005-2EZ102 (Seagate SkyHawk 1TB)​

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT​

PSU: Cougar CMX 700W 80+ Bronze​

Chassis: MSI Mag Forge 112R​

OS: Windows 10 Home​

Monitor: PHL 242E1GJ (Philips) 144Hz​

BIOS: H.50 - AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.4​

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Volume for HDD: 90.2% available​

Volume for SSD: 26.3% available​

I believe my PSU is around 4-5 years old. Bought it in 2019 if I recall correctly.

Currently the hub is not connected to my motherboard as I do not have a JRAINBOW header on this motherboard, I am looking to upgrade to a newer model and connect it to my motherboard then. Therefore the only control for the hub is with the LED switch on my case.

Regarding the case fans, they came with the case, I couldn't find a name or model for them but they're MSI fans. There are 3 versions of this case, 110R is with 1 rear fan and no hub, 111R is with 1 rear fan but also includes the hub and 112R includes 3 front fans and 1 rear fan with the hub as well. MSI calls the hub as a 1 to 6 LED Control Board.

(side note: yes I like MSI lol)