Playing with HUBS of Fans...

TheRealArchi

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I have:
1) Deepcool Genome Case
2) HD120 RGB Corsair Fans

The 1) has a liquid cooling system and 3 radiator fans, all connected to a hub, and the 4 pins from the hub, connected to the CPU cooling.

2) It has 4 pins to connect to the motherboard (anything else) and 4 pins to connect to the Corsair HUB that allows to switch Speed, Colour.

What I want to do is:
Replace the 3 Deepcool Radiator fans by the 3 Corsair HD120 fans that are 4 pinned as well.
What I thought is:
Since the HUB from 1) is controlling the PWM (Speed of the Fans only) and Corsair fans got 4 pins for PWM and 4 pins for the Corsair HUB which allows to switch colors, can I actually connect first 4 pins to HUB1 and other 4 pins to HUB2 ?

I hope I made it clear guys. Thanks for help, I hope I will get asap. :p
Clear:
Corsair Fans -> 4 pins PWM Liquid Cooling HUB -> 4 pins Color Switch HUB = Work ?
To make it easier to understand and visualize:
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You can use the 3 Corsairs on the rad, that's not a problem. The problem is in control. You'd have to control the fan speeds/lights with the remote switch through the hub. There's no access for the cpu_fan header, and if used directly without the hub, you'll not have any use of the LED. Then pump would need to be on cpu_fan header, in BIOS set for 100% min/max performance. The other fans would be normal fans run outta a POWERED hub (not powered by the header) or might as well forgo the hub altogether and run off the other fan headers

Karadjgne

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Looks like you are trying to burn up the cpu_fan header. Pump and fans should not be on the same source. Stick the pump on cpu_aux or sys_fan4 etc. If you want to run that hub safely with the 3x Corsair fans, run Sata power to it too and use cpu_fan header for pwm and tach only
 

TheRealArchi

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Yeah but the Corsair Fans are replacing the Radiator Fans
What if I just try not connect the other 4 pins ?
Will simply do as if they were basic Fans and I will ignore the 4 additionnal pins.
 

Karadjgne

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You can use the 3 Corsairs on the rad, that's not a problem. The problem is in control. You'd have to control the fan speeds/lights with the remote switch through the hub. There's no access for the cpu_fan header, and if used directly without the hub, you'll not have any use of the LED. Then pump would need to be on cpu_fan header, in BIOS set for 100% min/max performance. The other fans would be normal fans run outta a POWERED hub (not powered by the header) or might as well forgo the hub altogether and run off the other fan headers
 
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