[SOLVED] The pins on my motherboard are too thick for the fan connectors on the pre installed 3 front fans to fit onto them.

[holland.ashley123]

I've done a lot of googling and I haven't been able to find a single person who has had this problem. Please help!

Motherboard: Asrock b450 pro4
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Pro 5 RGB

 

[nikoskostantopoulow]

My box front fans are powered from the box circuit (that is powered from the MB) not from the MB.Side fan same story.Only the rear fan is powered directly from the MB.

 

[holland.ashley123]

My box front fans are powered from the box circuit (that is powered from the MB) not from the MB.Side fan same story.Only the rear fan is powered directly from the MB.

Sorry, for my lack of knowledge, but what do you mean by box circuit?

 

[nikoskostantopoulow]

I mean the cables you box has.
You sure your fans don't connect to them ?

 

[holland.ashley123]

I mean the cables you box has.
You sure your fans don't connect to them ?

As far as I can see, no, but I may be missing something.

 

[nikoskostantopoulow]

well if your box has a fan switch i'd say yes.
if not who knows

 

[holland.ashley123]

well if your box has a fan switch i'd say yes.
if not who knows

My box does not have a fan switch unfortunately. However, I think I've been trying to plug the rgb led connector into the fan connector (*facepalm*). But the next problem is that the 3 fan connectors merge into one 4 pin molex connector. It has two female and two male 'pins' and I don't know where to plug that in.

 

[nikoskostantopoulow]

?! molex connectors have 4 male pins or 4 female pins.

 

[Aeacus]

Can you read the RGB fan model or part number from the rear side of the fan center? Since i have hard time finding out the exact model of those stock RGB fans. So far, they are either MasterFan MF120L RGB or MasterFan MF120R RGB.

Though, this much i can say, fans have 2x connectors, one for RGB and one to power the fan. And to connect the power connector to you MoBo, do line up the fan connector with header as much as you can before pushing the connector into the header.

Also, to which MoBo headers you're trying to connect the fan connectors?