Need help with case MSI Mag Forge 100M

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I recently bought components to build a pc and i found out that the case i bought had mollex cables for it's fans and buttons connectors and i have decided to buy a MSI Mag Forge 100M but i can't seem to find out what kind of cables it has so that i know if my motherboard has connectors for it. Also i bought the MSI A520M-A Pro motherboard and it doesn't have mollex connectors
 

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I recently bought components to build a pc and i found out that the case i bought had mollex cables for it's fans and buttons connectors and i have decided to buy a MSI Mag Forge 100M but i can't seem to find out what kind of cables it has so that i know if my motherboard has connectors for it. Also i bought the MSI A520M-A Pro motherboard and it doesn't have mollex connectors
if you are talking about the connection for the RGB fan hub, it's a SATA dower connecter, what power supply do you have? as the MSI MAG FORGE 100M doesn't come with a PSU.

On a side note, I'd move the front fans to the outside as the will fit under the front cover and will five you a little more room to move inside the case, and give you more room for a GPU
 

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motherboards don't generally have molex connectors anymore, they haven't for quite a while......
Very few things have molex connectors anymore, and it's more common place to just use a SATA power connector if anything.
That being said.....the motherboard doesn't really need them. It's the power supply that should have them. If your power supply doesn't, you can usually buy adapters for it.
Looking at that, as far as I can tell, it doesn't need any power connectors. But even if it did, MSI has started using the SATA power connectors anyway.....
 

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motherboards don't generally have molex connectors anymore, they haven't for quite a while......
Very few things have molex connectors anymore, and it's more common place to just use a SATA power connector if anything.
That being said.....the motherboard doesn't really need them. It's the power supply that should have them. If your power supply doesn't, you can usually buy adapters for it.
Looking at that, as far as I can tell, it doesn't need any power connectors. But even if it did, MSI has started using the SATA power connectors anyway.....
It has SATA for the included RGB hub, I have it, it's a great case for the price point.
 
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if you are talking about the connection for the RGB fan hub, it's a SATA dower connecter, what power supply do you have? as the MSI MAG FORGE 100M doesn't come with a PSU.

On a side note, I'd move the front fans to the outside as the will fit under the front cover and will five you a little more room to move inside the case, and give you more room for a GPU
Thank you brother. At the moment i have a psu that wasn't very expensive but i'll buy a better one next month since i heard that it's not good to get a cheap psu
 

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Thank you brother. At the moment i have a psu that wasn't very expensive but i'll buy a better one next month since i heard that it's not good to get a cheap psu
No problem. Yeah a cheap PSU is a bad idea, because if it blows, it has more of a chance to take components with it. Any other questions you have about the case let me know and I'll do my best to help.
 
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No problem. Yeah a cheap PSU is a bad idea, because if it blows, it has more of a chance to take components with it. Any other questions you have about the case let me know and I'll do my best to help.
Hey. So i bought the Mag Forge 100M and the leds on it aren't working. If i press the button on the case nothing happens. I might have wired it wrong but i'm not sure
 

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Hey. So i bought the Mag Forge 100M and the leds on it aren't working. If i press the button on the case nothing happens. I might have wired it wrong but i'm not sure
Ok.
1. Have you plugged the LED headers into the hub and connected the right way?
2. Is the hub connected to the switch and sata power connecter?
 
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Ok.
1. Have you plugged the LED headers into the hub and connected the right way?
2. Is the hub connected to the switch and sata power connecter?
If you mean the LED headers that come with the case then i plugged them in my mb since they fall out easily from the hub. And the hub isn't connected through the sata power connector since i don't have a sata port as big as the hub has on my motherboard
 

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If you mean the LED headers that come with the case then i plugged them in my mb since they fall out easily from the hub. And the hub isn't connected through the sata power connector since i don't have a sata port as big as the hub has on my motherboard
Then the button will not work. you'll have to control the fans RGB via MSI Centre, you can download it from your motherboards web page under the utility's tab.
 

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So i downloaded Mystical Light but idk how to install it. All i have are some files that i can't extract and some PowerPoint presentation
Ok download and install MSI Centre from here https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/mb/MSI_Center_2.0.19.0.zip Then once it's installed run it as admin(right click and select run as admin) click on the 4 squares(Called feature set) next to the cog in the top right and select mystic light. Once that module is installed, open it by licking open on the module, or from the features tab then you should see your motherboard and be able to select the style of light you want your RGB fans to do.
 
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Ok download and install MSI Centre from here https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/mb/MSI_Center_2.0.19.0.zip Then once it's installed run it as admin(right click and select run as admin) click on the 4 squares(Called feature set) next to the cog in the top right and select mystic light. Once that module is installed, open it by licking open on the module, or from the features tab then you should see your motherboard and be able to select the style of light you want your RGB fans to do.
Ok i'll try that and let you know. Btw thank you very much for helping me even if i didn't know to solve an easy problem. I appreciate it
 
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Ok download and install MSI Centre from here https://download.msi.com/uti_exe/mb/MSI_Center_2.0.19.0.zip Then once it's installed run it as admin(right click and select run as admin) click on the 4 squares(Called feature set) next to the cog in the top right and select mystic light. Once that module is installed, open it by licking open on the module, or from the features tab then you should see your motherboard and be able to select the style of light you want your RGB fans to do.
I've done what you said but Mystic Light doesn't appear in MSI Center
 
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