I had to replace the RGB hub due to it not communicating with the MB.  Not sure of build date as it was a Sam’s Club model that’s been available for 8 or so months.  i7-14700KF, 32GB RAM, 2 TB Storage, Nvidia 4070 Super.

Really, I hope this helps those that wonder why they can’t control the lighting with software.

Pic 1 shows the hub.  It’s about 2.5 inches x .75 inches small.  It came mounted towards the rear top portion of the side panel.

Pic 2 shows the connections.  The blue circled connector goes to the case RGB light, if your case comes with one.  Yellow goes to the case reset switch for control.  Green are the 3 ARGB headers (chassis fans, cpu heat sink, AIO fans on mine, 5 total connections daisy chained on 2).  Red goes to the cables for the SATA power and the ARGB connector that connects to an ARGB header on the MB. 

Pic 3 is just a close up of the SATA power and ARGB connectors. 

The way the system was cabled, they really limited the connections to the MB.  One chassis fan connector used for ALL fans (3 case fans, the AIO fans).  Then all the ARGB going to the hub.  And the AIO pump connected to the CPU FAN header. 

Originally, my ARGB connector from the hub was not connected.  I wanted to be able to configure via SW which brought me to this point. 

At any rate, not hard to make the connections, although my cable management (really lacking) was to use the two Velcro straps in the side panel then hide the rest of the mess behind the panel. 😂

One last thing I had to do.  The software wouldn’t change the lighting until I did a long press (1 or so seconds) of the case reset switch.  I guess it changes the mode/function of the hub to allow control by the system. 


In case anyone was curious about the RGB hub CPC uses #cpgeneral