Zaaphjod Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I have an H150i Pro RGB cooler, and I like having it programed to show temperature... of course that only works if iCue is running. The problem is, that when my computer starts up, and I haven't logged in yet, the pump is just cycling though colors, and a few times I happened to look at it and saw it was bright RED and I immediately panicked until I realized it was just cycling colors because iCue wasn't running. So I thought I would solve the problem by making the default color one of the colors I don't use for temperature monitoring.. then if iCue wasn't running, it would just be that color and I would have a quick indication that the pump was NOT showing temperature. So this seemed pretty straight forward, I went to lighting effects, picked a solid color, then I clicked on the menu and clicked Save static lighting and performance to device. and then I shut down iCue… but it just went back to cycling though colors again, it did not use the static lighting I saved to it. I also wanted to save static lighting to my commander pro, but that does not seem to have an option for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 These options were left behind with iCUE. They still exist in the predecessor Link 4, but some of your other features do not. The “save to device” refers to fan speeds only. Some of us are hopeful this will be addressed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaphjod Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 ugh, I absolutely hate 'upgrades' that are not capable of what was previously possible. I hope they fix it soon as well. It's clearly labeled 'save static lighting and performance to device' so it's obvious the intention was it would save both. Maybe I can install link 4 and save my lighting to the pump to get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) Sort of... and that was my original thought as well. I was still using Link through many of the early iCUE versions. I saved mine as solid white in Link. With iCUE 3.5-3.7, the white will show on boot. However, if you quit iCUE, the Corsair Service will overwrite it with rainbow. It’s hard to manage it that way, but perhaps it is enough for you. My fans go full rainbow anyway, so gets lost in the glare. *And here is that hope. (http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=972618&postcount=46) Edited September 13, 2018 by c-attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair James Posted September 13, 2018 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 13, 2018 ugh, I absolutely hate 'upgrades' that are not capable of what was previously possible. I hope they fix it soon as well. It's clearly labeled 'save static lighting and performance to device' so it's obvious the intention was it would save both. Maybe I can install link 4 and save my lighting to the pump to get by. That is a bug. We had that message leftover from keyboards and mice. I will resolve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaphjod Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 I was able to use link to save my static color to the pump... I couldn't do it on the system the pump is attached to though because Link just stated the pump was being controlled by iCue, and I didn't want to mess up all the stuff I already had set up in iCue by uninstalling it, so I just started the mini ITX system in my Obsidian 1000D, installed link on there, since I didn't install iCue yet, then plugged the USB cable into that motherboard, saved my non-dynamic color fading scheme using only yellow shades to the device memory of the H150i Pro Cooler, then put the cable back on it's proper motherboard. When I power up from a complete shutdown, the pump is doing the yellow fade scheme that I saved to the device memory, and it stays that way until I actually log into Windows, after I log in, then iCue takes over and I have the color representing temperature. The only minor issue is when I put the PC to sleep, or during shutdown, the pump shows rainbow for just a few seconds before it sleeps or shuts down, but it's the color on the login screen I was really wanting and this work around fixes that. Since it's a Dual system, a lot of time one system or the other is just sitting there on the login screen. Each system has it's own Corsair pump, and it happened quite frequently that I would see the bright red pump on one motherboard and until it changed colors I was in a panic... I have red indicating my processor package is over 97 degrees C Since the pump clearly does have the capability to store custom lighting and performance I don't know why Link would take advantage of that feature and the supposedly better and improved iCue replacement doesn't provide the same functionality. The bug is not the message wording, it is the fact that 'Save static lighting and performance to device' used to work in Link and doesn't work for lighting on the pump, (I have not actually tested performance) I do know that hitting 'Save static lighting and performance to device' does not give any confirmation that it did anything at all in iCue, but in Link it puts up a message box letting you know your settings were stored on the device. The device is clearly capable, and Link did it just fine. One should never lose features that previously worked fine when doing an 'upgrade', and while I have a work-around, I hope the development will consider getting this to work directly in iCue. I recognize that iCue does a lot more really cool things than link did, and it is quite a bit easier to configure and work with, but one should not lose basic functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaphjod Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Update... I was wrong about it using the stored color after a shutdown, it does use the stored color when waking up from sleep until I log in, but from a shutdown it's only using the color saved in the device until windows boots, and then iCue must be loaded as a system service and it sends out rainbow to it, and it stays on rainbow until I log in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp7178 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 That is a bug. We had that message leftover from keyboards and mice. I will resolve this. I don't think the message is the problem as much as everything defaulting to rainbow. Link doesn't default to rainbow, and people expect iCUE to function the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Update... I was wrong about it using the stored color after a shutdown, it does use the stored color when waking up from sleep until I log in, but from a shutdown it's only using the color saved in the device until windows boots, and then iCue must be loaded as a system service and it sends out rainbow to it, and it stays on rainbow until I log in. Yup, this about the limit right now. On the positive side, iCUE 3.7 appears to be much better at waking from sleep and my pump stays white during that process. The fans come on to their assigned color much quicker too. The lock screen is another matter and there are some really long threads regarding that particular aspect. I do not know if that will change with the alterations in development. *Oh, if you need to uninstall iCUE to make Link take control, go to your C: User/(name)/App Data/Roaming/Corsair/CUE folder and drag a copy to the desktop or safe place. This is all of your profiles, settings, and tile arrangements. Uninstall iCUE, re-install Link, make your change, uninstall Link, put iCUE back in, drop the Corsair/CUE folder back into the App Data/Roaming location. This is much faster than a importing all your profiles again and a redo of your layout. Probably also easier than the trouble you went to with swapping systems. Edited September 14, 2018 by c-attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaaphjod Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Thanks for the suggestion on saving the iCue settings, that will defiantly come in handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedericoUY Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I also cannot save static light to a K70 LUX RGB. I really cannot believe that this software is that bad. Old one did it, and new one not. Last Corsair device for sure, and now for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaDel Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I'm having the same problem with H150i. Just using Corsair Link. I set for a single color and it returns to raimbow set after reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StSaren Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Same here. The H150i PRO makes me look like princess everytime I start the system. I'd rather have no lights than this girly rainbow thing. please corsair, fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-attack Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 This thread is now dated. As of iCUE 3.10 you have the option to set static colors for the Pro series coolers. If it’s not working, there is another current thread. All of this was from when it was not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StSaren Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 This thread is now dated. As of iCUE 3.10 you have the option to set static colors for the Pro series coolers. If it’s not working, there is another current thread. All of this was from when it was not possible. well I have 3.10 and it is still not working. The option is there, but it doesn't function... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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