Trouble installing components in new tower.

[Exyth_]

Hello first time switching components into a new case. I had purchased a VIVO "Athena" tower off of Amazon, and seem to be having trouble installing the 2 LED fans.

There doesn't seem to 4-pin connector on the motherboard - (cm6830-7) to power the fans, and can't seem to figure out where, or if they can even plug into it. The tower also has 4 2-pin connectors, reset sw/h.d.d led/power sw/ and a 2nd split h.d.d LED well. 3rd there is a blue USB3.0 cable, and no idea where it goes either.

Getting frustrated with this whole thing that seems simple, but is just turning out to be a pain, but don't want to end up messing the computer up either.

Just really looking to get help so I don't screw up the entire thing.

 

[kanewolf]

The part number you listed -- cm6830-7 doesn't show any obvious motherboard pictures with a google. Is there some other manufacturer info listed on the motherboard ?

 

[Exyth_]

Don't know how the whole replies work on mobile- but it's an Asus brand model of the motherboard, if that helps any?

 

[clarkjd]

Don't know how the whole replies work on mobile- but it's an Asus brand model of the motherboard, if that helps any?

Great, now we know the brand of motherboard! Any idea what model? Differences are critical!

 

[aquielisunari]

Don't know how the whole replies work on mobile- but it's an Asus brand model of the motherboard, if that helps any?

Don't know your parts? https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download can tell you. You have to physically open the case and look at the PSU or remember its make and model. Right click, select all and then copy and paste the summary

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz 31 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 933MHz (10-11-10-30)
Motherboard
MSI Z97 PC Mate(MS-7850) (SOCKET 0) 32 °C
Graphics
D32x-D1 (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (EVGA) 32 °C
Storage
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BEVT-60A23T0 (SATA) 30 °C
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 40 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AACS-00D0B0 (SATA) 42 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000BPVT-22A1YT0 (SATA) 30 °C
111GB ADATA SP550 (SSD) 34 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio


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My Vivo Titan has two front LED fans that connected to two of the two pin connectors. I wouldn't be surprised if Vivo comes here. They may offer some additional info or directions. However their manual says to check the motherboard.

 

[LucoTF]

So its an asus essentio cm6830 motherboard. Cant find a lot of info on it online.

Fans - you can plug 4 pin fans into a 3 pin header, they will just run at 100% if you do. Alternatively you could either buy a fan controller, or a fan splitter cable.

Front panel headers - look toward the bottom right of your motherboard, take a decent picture if you can - you should find the correct arrangement in tiny writing right under the pins they should be plugged in to.

Usb3 - if you cant see a usb3 header you will have to either buy a usb2 to usb3 header adapter, or a usb3 pcie card that comes with an internal usb3 header

 

[VIVO-US]

Hello first time switching components into a new case. I had purchased a VIVO "Athena" tower off of Amazon, and seem to be having trouble installing the 2 LED fans.

There doesn't seem to 4-pin connector on the motherboard - (cm6830-7) to power the fans, and can't seem to figure out where, or if they can even plug into it. The tower also has 4 2-pin connectors, reset sw/h.d.d led/power sw/ and a 2nd split h.d.d LED well. 3rd there is a blue USB3.0 cable, and no idea where it goes either.

Getting frustrated with this whole thing that seems simple, but is just turning out to be a pain, but don't want to end up messing the computer up either.

Just really looking to get help so I don't screw up the entire thing.

We're sorry you're having difficulties with the case! The fan controller has a 4-pin Molex connector that plugs into the power supply. It should be bundled with the rest of the front panel cables, and normally has a silver label that says "Fan controller power". The fans then plug into 3-pin connectors from the controller, which are labeled "Fan1" and Fan2", and then the controller switch setting are high (12V), low (5V), and off.

If you can't get it working, you can contact customer support and get a response within 1 business day. https://vivo-us.com/pages/support

 

[VIVO-US]

Were you able to get the fans working? If not, we'll be happy to help!