PC (Z97 Chip) dont boot or boot very slow with Corsair HS80 USB dongle [work only Stereo not 7.1]

[CriticalKush]

Hey everyone,

 

I have the problem that if I leave my USB dongle of my HS80 headphones plugged in while it boots up, my PC freezes in the screen where I can press F2 to get into the UEFI.
Sometimes it boots windows after 2-3 minutes, but the OS also takes 2-3 minutes to start again instead of 6 seconds. If I remove the stick while booting, then it starts quickly from this point.
(I saw this issue in other threats about Keyboard/Mice dongles an tried to troubleshoot like them, unfortunately nobody came to a solution that worked for me.. 😔)
In addition, I can only use the headphones in iCUE in stereo.  Unfortunately, the button on which I could switch to 7.1 cannot be pressed. (Its grayish)

Troubleshooting so far:

- iCUE is running on the newest version.

- Drivers are running the newest version.

- iCUE and Drivers clean install/reinstall

- BIOS/UEFI is running on the newest version.

- I tried many USB BIOS Settings nothing worked.

- The Corsair Support wont answer me for two weeks now.

 

My Hardware:

- MB: Asus Maximus VII Ranger (Z97 Chip)

- GC: Gainward Ghost RTX 3060

- RAM: 16GB HP

- Processor: Intel i7-4790k

- Corsair H100i Elite Capellix (AIO)

- Corsair ST100 (Headset Stand)

- Corsair HS80 RGB Wireless (Headset)

- Corsair M65 RGB Elite (Mouse)

 

I hope someone can help me, I'm desperate and have no more ideas what it could be..

Thanks in advance!
 

Greetings
Critical

 

[CriticalKush]

and of course I tried every USB Slot

[Corsair Notepad]

Test to see if the issue can be replicated on a completely different system. 

[CriticalKush]

1 hour ago, Corsair Notepad said:

Test to see if the issue can be replicated on a completely different system. 

I tried it on a different system (with and without drivers/icue) and everything worked fine exept the stereo/7.1 issue...

[CriticalKush]

I found my solutions:

1. Stereo/7.1 issue:
- in iCUE 4 you are not able to Change it - now you have to download the Dolby Acess app from the Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9N0866FS04W8

2. Slow Boot while the USB Dongle is plugged in:
- I downgraded my BIOS from 3503 (beta) to 3003 and turned USB Boot off
(my Mainboard: ASUS Maximus VII Ranger)

Hope it'll help others with the same issue!