How to Identify Your Graphite Series™ 600T Fan Controller Cables
By Carlos Pascual posted Mar 28th 2011
Our Graphite Series™ 600T mid-tower case is equipped with an easily accessable fan controller on the exterior of the case. This short guide will show you how to properly connect this fan controller to the fans in your new case.
Locating the Fan Controller Cables
The fan controller knob is on the top of the case, and is pictured below. This knob controls the speed of the fans connected to the fan controller. Turning the knob to the left lowers the fan speed, while turning the knob to the right raises the speed.
Remove the side panel from the 600T behind the motherboard tray. The fan controller cables are strapped to the case, as shown below. Release the cables by cutting the zip tie.
Understanding Each Cable
- There are a total of six cables shown below
- Cables highlighted in red are the power fan connector cables, which are used to connect up to four fans
- The cable highlighted in green connects to a 4-pin Molex cable from your power supply, providing power to the fan controller knob and the four fan connector cables
- The cable highlighted in yellow is the top 200mm fan connector
- The other 200mm fan cable can be located backside bottom left of the case (not shown in picture below)
Using the Fan Controller
To connect a fan to the fan controller, the protective cap must first be removed. Removing the cap is simple, grab a hold of the cap (enclosed in red) and pull down from the fan power connector (enclosed in yellow). The cap will easily slide off.
Once the cap is removed, two pins are revealed, allowing you to connect the two 200mm case fans.
Locate the two 200mm case fans power cables on the back of the case. When located, plug the 2-pin fan controller cable to each 200mm case fan.
Once the 2-pin fan controller power cables are connected to the 200mm case fans, installation is complete.
Note that you still have two additional 2-pin fan controller power cables if you desire to add more case fans.
Turn the system on and enjoy!
Richard Mann
posted on Mar 28th 2011What is the max wattage or amps you can have on each channel?
Mark Ryneer
posted on Mar 28th 2011What is the USB cable for within the bundle of cables from the front panel?
Nash Goonewardena
posted on Mar 28th 2011The USB cable is for you too hook it up to a USB 3.0. I have the P8P67 Deluxe board and it comes with a little USB 3.0 floppy drive bay connector. I just put that connector inside my case and plugged that USB cable you are referring to into that box. Here is the USB 3.0 Box http://pic.xfastest.com/pertonas/P8P67D/10.jpg Just plug that into the mobo and then plug the USB connector from the top panel to this box.
Richard Heck
posted on Mar 28th 2011So for anyone else who's wondering, I finallly figured out what the USB 3.0 cable is for. On the top of the case, there are six connections: on the left, four USB 2.0 jacks; on the right, one 1394 (firewire) jack, and a blue USB 3.0 jack. The USB 3.0 cable is basically the other end of that blue jack. Frankly, I would have appreciated something here that would connect to a standard mobo USB 3.0 header. I'm not sure why one would ordinarily want a USB cable inside the case.
Manuel Diaz
posted on Mar 28th 2011Well, the thing is that, that USB 3.0 cable is supposed to go trough the case and connect to the back panel of the mobo. Apparently when they designed this case there weren't that many mobos with usb 3.0 header. you just need to buy a USB 3.0 to 20-pin Converter (if you a mobo with 3.0 header) and you will be set, so you don't have to have that blue cable going through your case to the back panel
Darren Lusty
posted on Mar 28th 2011A useful guide but why isn't this sort of information supplied with the case? It's a excellent case but the instructions are virtually non existant. One of the slotted panels in the back has a hole in it. Presumably this is for the USB 3 cable to pass through and then plugs into the motherboard. No mention of this anywhere, it's just left to users to guess.
Pierre-Luc Henault
posted on Mar 28th 2011As it have been asked earlier. Is it possible to know the max power output (in Watts / amp) the fan controller can supply?
Jonathan Nagel
posted on Mar 28th 2011Check this out for the issue for the USB 3.0 cable. Worked for me http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812176003
Gavin O'Neill
posted on Mar 28th 2011This might seem a silly question but do I plug the 120mm fan cable into the power fan connector cables? Iam asking this because the blog only mentions the 200mm fans.
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