How to change fan speed? Corsair LL120's

[ironcreeper2004]

So, I installed my Corsair LL120's today and they work fine. However, they're really noisy and Ithink it's because they are stuck on max fan speed. I've installed Corsair LINK to see if I can change the fan speed but I don't know how. Any suggestions?

 

[COLGeek]

What profile are you using in LINK?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

What profile are you using in LINK?

Balanced

 

[COLGeek]

See this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2989875/corsair-link-control-fan-speed.html

Are you fans connected to 3-pin or 4-pin headers?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

See this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2989875/corsair-link-control-fan-speed.html

Are you fans connected to 3-pin or 4-pin headers?

The connector from the fan is a 4 pin and I have it going into a 2 pin which came with the case. It fits perfectly though.

 

[COLGeek]

2-pin? Like to a Molex (old style) connector? If so, you can't control the speed of the fans with such a connection. You either need to connect the fans to a 4-pin header on the motherboard or to a fan controller. Otherwise, they run at full speed, all of the time.

 

[ironcreeper2004]

That's what all 3 fans are connected to :

 

[COLGeek]

Is that connector connected to a water cooler or to some controller that came with your case?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

Yea I think I just noticed that, it's coming from my CPU liquid cooler

 

[COLGeek]

Good. I assume you have a Corsair cooler. What model is it?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

What do I connect them to instead?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

No, it's an NZXT cooler

 

[COLGeek]

LINK will not control the fan speeds of that cooler. Are the fans attached to your radiator or just being used as case fans?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

They're being used as case fans I think. What I know is that the cable in the picture is coming from the cables of the liquid cooler

 

[COLGeek]

NZXT has an app like LINK (https://www.nzxt.com/camapp). That connector is for an additional fan to be used with the cooler.

Honestly, I am having doubts about how all of your fans are connected. Please provide a description of all of your cooling components and what they are connected to. Also, a complete list (make/model) of your system components would be useful.

 

[COLGeek]

What do I connect them to instead?

From earlier in the thread, "If so, you can't control the speed of the fans with such a connection. You either need to connect the fans to a 4-pin header on the motherboard or to a fan controller. Otherwise, they run at full speed, all of the time. "

 

[ironcreeper2004]

That's my build : https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zcdfHh I have my CPU cooler connected up and there are cables coming out of the part of the cooler which has the RGB NZXT logo on it which I've put at the back of the case, I've used them to connect the fans

 

[COLGeek]

The radiator fans should be connected to the fan headers associated with the cooler. The case fans should be connected to the 4-pin fan headers on the motherboard itself (or to a separate fan controller).

You should be able to use CAM to monitor and adjust the cooler's settings.

 

[ironcreeper2004]

I'm confused, sorry I'm new to PC builds. So the fans need to be connected to a 4 pin on the mobo? But there is three that need to be connected so where do they get connected on the mobo? My mobo is a ASUS Z270-A, could you maybe get a picture of my mobo and circle the three places I need to connect the three fans?

 

[COLGeek]

Look at the manual (page 1-19):

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/PRIME_Z270-A/E12294_PRIME_Z270-A_UM_V2_WEB.pdf?_ga=2.127560653.1327026122.1522544306-21900825.1522544306

Attach the case fans to CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2, and EXT_FAN

 

[ironcreeper2004]

Does it matter which can goes in which one of those?

 

[ironcreeper2004]

Fan*

 

[ironcreeper2004]

So where does the cable from the corsair node which came with the fans go on the mobo (this cable is for all of the fans and makes it so the LED's on all of them work.
Picture 1 :

Picture 2 : (front of the cable)

 

[COLGeek]

That goes to a USB 2.0 header on your motherboard. (see page 1-18 of the aforementioned manual). Any one of those will do.

With that attached and the fans to it. You can use LINK to control your speed and LED settings.

Any other surprises in your build?

 

[COLGeek]

Does it matter which can goes in which one of those?

Nope. Any will suffice for any fan.