Charly2nd Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 My power supply shows a blinking red/green light. Is this normal, or is it symptom of a problem? I bought it and installed it within the last 10 days. My new build seems to be working fine otherwise. New edit: After uninstalling Corsair link (which was not detecting all my hardware components), there is only a solid green light left now. So, was it just a software problem? I always assume that 'red' is bad. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted December 3, 2014 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 3, 2014 No. It's fine. Solid green means it's working... but blinking between green and red means there's data communication between the PSU and the USB controller. Think of it like an HDD activity light, or the LED on a USB thumb drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly2nd Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Great. Thanks for the quick reply! I feel more confident about re-installing Corsair Link now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieronymous Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 My power supply shows a blinking red/green light. Is this normal, or is it symptom of a problem? I bought it and installed it within the last 10 days. My new build seems to be working fine otherwise. New edit: After uninstalling Corsair link (which was not detecting all my hardware components), there is only a solid green light left now. So, was it just a software problem? I always assume that 'red' is bad. Thanks Hi there Well idont think what you discovered there practically is accurate. blinking is indeed away to see that the psu communicates through the usb with the program link but even if you minimize the program it will still continue to blink just in a slower rate. The only way to make it stay green both psu and commander is to close the program. Now my question. Is it possible to turn the led at least from the psu off (i dont want to be burnt just from blinking eternally since the link program always runs in the background minimized) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red-ray Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Solid green means it's working... but blinking between green and red means there's data communication between the PSU and the USB controller. After reading this I noted with my AX1500i the LED is always green and an orange LED next to it flashes dimly. Is this because my AX1500i is connected via C-Link rather than USB or do AXi and HXi differ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted June 20, 2015 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 20, 2015 After reading this I noted with my AX1500i the LED is always green and an orange LED next to it flashes dimly. Is this because my AX1500i is connected via C-Link rather than USB or do AXi and HXi differ? AX1500i has two LEDs. The other models that support Link only have the one. Hi there The only way to make it stay green both psu and commander is to close the program. Now my question. Is it possible to turn the led at least from the psu off (i dont want to be burnt just from blinking eternally since the link program always runs in the background minimized) And no, there's no way to stop it blinking as long as it's being polled by software. Seriously? The LED bothers you? Put a piece of electrical tape over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red-ray Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 AX1500i has two LEDs. The other models that support Link only have the one. Thank you. I have just looked at an image of an AX1200i and that only seems to have one LED, so I guess it's just the AX1500i that has two. If the flashing is a real issue then getting an AX1500i should help ;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduous Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I build my computer at the beginning of the year, and haven't had any issues with the PSU yet. Today after a restart, and update the PSU started blinking green, and red. It was always just a solid green since I built it. I haven't installed the corsair link software until after it started blinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted November 18, 2016 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 18, 2016 Did you install any other third party monitoring software like AIDA64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduous Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I did not install any monitoring software for my PSU from the start. I installed it today to see if there was some sort of error with the PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee jonnyguru Posted November 18, 2016 Corsair Employee Share Posted November 18, 2016 There is no error with the PSU. Flashing red and green does not mean there is a problem. It only means there's communication with the PSU. You had to have installed something that is communicating with the PSU. If not Link, something else, like AIDA64 for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduous Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I never intended to install anything for it, unless Windows 10 installed something of its own with the update I did today there was none installed. It is just alarming as I had a failed overclock on my RAM today, but this has happened before with the RAM overclock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montgomery Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 There is no error with the PSU. Flashing red and green does not mean there is a problem. It only means there's communication with the PSU. You had to have installed something that is communicating with the PSU. If not Link, something else, like AIDA64 for example. jonnyguru, thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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