How do i hook up a CCFL to my MX4?

David9799 · Post by **David9799** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:01 am

I haven't bought one yet, i was looking at one from coolermater (DFL-UD1-eb) heres it's specs.

Length 300 mm
Voltage 700Vac+/- 40V
Input Current 300 MA +/- 10%
Power 3.6W+/-0.3W
Brightness over 18000 +/- 3000 nt (cd/m2)
Life Expectation over 15000 hrs
Input Voltage DC 12 V
Output Current 5 mA +/- 10%
Support Output Dual
Sound Yes
Sensitive Color Blue/Red/Green/White/Purple/RGB

How do i go about hooking it up? I already have the molex power cable hooked up and i have all my fans hooked up to the MX4. Won't i need a molex to 3 pin adapter?

All i want to do is turn it on and off from the MX4.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:45 am

Hi David,

All you need to do is plug the CCFL into the high power GPO, and it should work. Make sure you have the right pins connected. The pinout is shown below.

RPM sensing +12/5V Gnd.

You won't connect anything to the RPM sensing since there isn't anything spinning, so there is no RPMs that need to be sensed. It would help to have a 3 pin connector similar to your fan connector used for the CCFL. You will then just set it like you would set your fans on and off.

Best Regards,

David9799 · Post by **David9799** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:07 am

I got the CCFL now. Can i just get power to the inverter from the MX4?

I don't know how though it gets power with a molex connector.

Thanks for the help.

JLIrish · Post by **JLIrish** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:54 am

David9799 wrote:I got the CCFL now. Can i just get power to the inverter from the MX4?

I don't know how though it gets power with a molex connector.

Thanks for the help.

Yellow wire on the 4-pin Molex, 12v I believe? Am thinking about same project, running my CCFL's from the Display, and have ordered some adapter cables to attempt. Did you have to make any changes to the MX4 to get the fans working?

David9799 · Post by **David9799** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:03 am

No the fans where easy i had trouble with the keys untill i used HOT.

On my CCFL the wires coming from the molex aren't color coded so the 2 wires look the same. I thought about just cutting the molex off then solder a 3 pin on to it but so i can hook it up to the MX4...but i don't know what wires do what, i don't want to fry something!

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:10 pm

Does your CCFL come with a power inverter? It won't matter with the output of the inverter because the output is AC. It will matter for the input of the power inverter because of the DC input.