movieman03 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I have not messed with this kit in about a year. I have the Corsair light/cooling kit. I have a light node and a fan node. I recently installed Windows 8.1 and downloaded the Corsair link software. My lights are on and my fans are spinning. I can click the button on the light node to change the color of the light. I cannot see anywhere to adjust fan speeds. I cannot see anywhere to change lights. What do I have to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Is the Cooling Node detected in the software? It may be due the firmware on the node being old. Install a older version of the software to update it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 I don't think it was detected by the "newer" software. I uninstalled Corsair link from the control panel. downloaded the older version 1.2.7 beta. tried to update with the 2.06 FW and the program locked up. I waited 20 min and nothing. restarted computer..now I need administrator access to run Corsair link. I tried to right click and "run as admin" is not available. It is available with other programs. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 so I found another place to "run as admin" under the compatibility tab. When i try to update the FW, it says that Corsair Link needs to be restarted. Either, I click "ok" and the program locks up. or I hit cancel and restart Corsair link and the same question appears again :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 If you have updated the Commander unit to 2.0.6, uninstall beta 1.2.7 and install 2.4.5110, use that software firmware updater to update the nodes to theses versions for the newer software. Firmware auto detection at first startup. User selectable option to update or not. Needs minimum versions listed below for detection inside software. Firmware files are part of the install package. No separate download needed. CoolingFW_1.2.8 (Cooling Node) HydroFW_1.2.8 (H80/H100) LightingFW_1.1.9 (Lighting Node) USBFW_2.0.6 (Commander unit) H80i_v1.0.7 (H80i) H100i_v1.0.7 (H100i) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 I uninstalled 1.2.7 and I installed 2.4.5110. I still cannot see the nodes or the Commander http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/kevinrsaunders/corsairlink2_zpscb28534c.jpg~original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Is the Commander unit detected in Windows? An easy way to check is to go to Device and Printers (Found under Control Panel) and look for a device named PMBus Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 It is not listed under Devices and Printers. I have tried both USB headers on my mobo. I know these work as they are used for my USB ports on my case. This unit has worked before. However, I was using a ASUS Rampage 3 X58 board. Now I am using a EVGA X58 FTW3 board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Is the L.E.D. on the Commander Unit lit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Yes, it has always blinked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Open Device Manager are there any unknown devices listed? Here are the L.E.D. status Green on and off (about twice per second) means that Stingray is attempting to connect to Windows. It will flash red every ~10 seconds if it cannot and will keep trying. Solid green and flickering orange is used to show activity; since SierraSerivce is always running, the USB Commander should always be flickering. Red on and off (about twice per second) indicates some hardware failure or that the unit is in boot-loader mode. Any ideas which one it may be? I'm guessing it will be the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Its the first one, but it is every 5 seconds. constant blinking green, then red every 5 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Open Device Manager, do you see any unknown devices listed? It may be a "missing" driver issue which is preventing the Commander unit from working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 nope. can't find anything..here are some pics of my device mgr http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/kevinrsaunders/DM1_zpsb3e65144.jpg~original http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/kevinrsaunders/DM2_zps824eff47.jpg~original http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/kevinrsaunders/DM3_zpsc6e94455.jpg~original http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/kevinrsaunders/DM4_zps897f75e1.jpg~original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hardware Ids for the Commander unit are VID_1B1C&PID_0C02 It won't show as "Commander Unit" instead it will show as USB Input device or HID compliant... If you cannot find it in Device Manager, can you try it on the previous motherboard or a different computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 hello....sorry its been awhile...but i found a another computer to test it on. When I plug it into the other computer, it makes a found hardware noise over and over again. It does the same thing in my old computer. In my old computer, I had disabled a USB root hub for the found hardware noise over and over again before. At the time, I was not thinking about the Corsair link as the cause. So what should I do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 That's normal if you are on Windows 8.1. You can try this registry edit and it should stop the disconnect/reconnect and possibly fix your issue you are experiencing. http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?p=676000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 I updated windows and installed the latest link software and it works!!! no regedit for me. Maybe a windows update fixed the USB sound isssue???? Everything worked except I cannot control my cooling node/fans. It sees the cooling node under options/devices tab and updated it, but on the left side of the system tab it does not show up, so I cannot configure it. Also, Link cannot see both of my EVGA 670's just the top one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Have you tried reinstalling the software? Latest .net Framework installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 uninstalled...restarted...reinstalled....restarted....same thing. It sees the cooling node in devices, but a icon does not show up under the configuration. .net 4.5.1 is installed with Windows 8.1. updates take care of it from there. Is that good enough..or do I need to get a different version?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Have you tried plugging the fans into different headers? Have you tried reflashing the Cooling Node firmware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman03 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 I moved it from #8 to #1 slot on the link commander and it picked the fans up without any problems!!! cha ching!!!!!! Thank you again :) I am almost there....the last thing that does not read it my 2nd GPU. I have EVGA GTX 670 4GB in sli. It only reads one, the top one. this is not that big of a deal..but I have dreamed of a day when I could have all my temps monitored by one program and we are almost there!!! Thank you again for your help and continued support. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I don't think the software supports SLI/Crossfire setups but i may be wrong on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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