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My motherboard is an ASRock X299 Taichi. I also own several ASRock Z170 Extreme4, Extreme 7+ and X99 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming I7s.
Fan headers are listed as CHA_FANx (Or SYS_FANx), CPU_FAN, CPU_OPT, CHA/W_PUMP and CPU_OPT/W_PUMP.
My cases have front (some 1 and some 2), bottom, rear and side case fans. All 10 Systems have either a Kraken X61/X62 cooler or a Corsair H115i cooler. All with Dual fans.
Where I'm confused is where the CPU fans "should" be connected and where the Pumps 3-pin connector "should" be connected.
All coolers have dual fan connectors coming from the pumps. So I have been connecting the pumps to the fans, and the pumps 3-pin connector to the CPU_OPT header.
The pump's 3-pin connector is just for reporting fan speeds to the software (Cam or Corsairlink)?
I just find all the terminology confusing, and inconsistent between motherboard brands and models.
Is there any risk of attaching the CPU fans to the motherboard (Which means my BIOS fan curves control the fans speeds, right)?
If I want software to control ALL fans in my computer, what software would I use, and should all fans be connected to the motherboard, not the pumps? When I say control - I mean I can set up a fan curve for EVERY FAN, to manage it's speed, not just "monitor" the speed.
Just because a header is labelled with W_PUMP doesn't prohibit me from connecting case fans to it, right?
Fan headers are listed as CHA_FANx (Or SYS_FANx), CPU_FAN, CPU_OPT, CHA/W_PUMP and CPU_OPT/W_PUMP.
My cases have front (some 1 and some 2), bottom, rear and side case fans. All 10 Systems have either a Kraken X61/X62 cooler or a Corsair H115i cooler. All with Dual fans.
Where I'm confused is where the CPU fans "should" be connected and where the Pumps 3-pin connector "should" be connected.
All coolers have dual fan connectors coming from the pumps. So I have been connecting the pumps to the fans, and the pumps 3-pin connector to the CPU_OPT header.
The pump's 3-pin connector is just for reporting fan speeds to the software (Cam or Corsairlink)?
I just find all the terminology confusing, and inconsistent between motherboard brands and models.
Is there any risk of attaching the CPU fans to the motherboard (Which means my BIOS fan curves control the fans speeds, right)?
If I want software to control ALL fans in my computer, what software would I use, and should all fans be connected to the motherboard, not the pumps? When I say control - I mean I can set up a fan curve for EVERY FAN, to manage it's speed, not just "monitor" the speed.
Just because a header is labelled with W_PUMP doesn't prohibit me from connecting case fans to it, right?
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