Corsair link are the settings saved to the device or is it 100% dependant on software

[dave.leblanc]

The title pretty much sums up my question I couldn't seem to find the answer through searching or through Google

 

Can someone FROM CORSAIR answer:

 

 

Does the Corsair Link software save your selected parameters to the controller itself (making the software nothing more than an "interface" as I heard a corsair rep refer to it in another thread or does the controller merely take commands from the running firmware?

[wytnyt]

The title pretty much sums up my question I couldn't seem to find the answer through searching or through Google

 

 

Does the Corsair Link software save your selected parameters to the controller itself (making the software nothing more than an "interface" as I heard a corsair rep refer to it in another thread or does the controller merely take commands from the running firmware?

 

i think the controller has a ''default'' setting but takes user requests from the actual software

[dave.leblanc]

I should probably clarify the reasoning for my asking...

 

 

what I'm *hoping* is possible is to boot into windows set up the controller and then resume live in Linux

 

 

given the reasoning behind the choice to make this a software driven product as opposed to a bay insert controlled product was that "recreating the keyboard" was "too much" to put on a front panel that "ineffectively re-created the experience"

 

I'm loosely paraphrasing from an official response from a corsair rep

 

so I'm *hoping* when they made this decision they made it smartly and have the software saving settings in the controller

[wytnyt]

unless the newly released software allows this [which i dont think so],once you go out of the windows environment you lose the ability to have link function and control things,,,,

[dave.leblanc]

unless the newly released software allows this [which i dont think so],once you go out of the windows environment you lose the ability to have link function and control things,,,,

 

:brick: and THAT corsair is WHY people LIKE 5.25 BAY controllers no matter how "difficult" they are to program

 

imagine an high end machine with running processes locks up while you're not around your OS has just hung due to a bad process (or just because it's winblows) and suddenly your controller won't work or do anything :confused:

 

 

I hope someone can confirm this to be incorrect but if it's true I'll be staying the HELL away from LINK until someone pulls their head out of their ***

[wytnyt]

i doubt theres that much of a demand to code their software to be linux happy.

out of everyone i know,only one prefers linux over windows

[dave.leblanc]

i doubt theres that much of a demand to code their software to be linux happy.

 

this goes beyond linux happy... imagine windows crashes while you're not home (reasonable since windows does this)

 

if your fan and cooling solution is powered purely by software on your OS what now?

 

now imagine your machine didn't crash so much as some rogue process sent the machine wild... at up the resources drove things mental (this is EXTREMELY POSSIBLE I've seen it many times) the cooling sofware fails and the system over heats? come on!

 

I'm not asking for the software to be linux friendly (that discussion has been on going on this very forum for 2+ years) I'm asking the the software actually PROGRAMS the controller so that it is not dependant on your winblows being stable

 

out of everyone i know,only one prefers linux over windows

 

you must not know (m)any IT people.....

[dave.leblanc]

anyway I'm done feeding the Trolls (since some of you don't even understand the question) I don't think any of you are qualified to answer this question anyway

 

unless someone actually from Corsair wants to give me a final answer as to how their product works then I'll stick to Corsair being a RAM only company and get the rest of my solutions elsewhere

[Speed]

Well, I'll feed a Troll feeder back, 'cuz that's what you're sounding like. Yes, the selected profile is stored on the water block and does not need any SW running to do its work. Just went through killing the CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor process to confirm this. With nothing running, it acts just like it does when there is, with the exception of the LEDs changing color with the temperature. No, I do not have a Corsair ID security badge to show you. If that is really a problem, well....

[dave.leblanc]

well, i'll feed a troll feeder back, 'cuz that's what you're sounding like. Yes, the selected profile is stored on the water block and does not need any sw running to do its work. Just went through killing the corsairlink_hardwaremonitor process to confirm this. With nothing running, it acts just like it does when there is, with the exception of the leds changing color with the temperature. No, i do not have a corsair id security badge to show you. If that is really a problem, well....

 

thank you!

[mol4711]

Well, I'll feed a Troll feeder back, 'cuz that's what you're sounding like. Yes, the selected profile is stored on the water block and does not need any SW running to do its work. Just went through killing the CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor process to confirm this. With nothing running, it acts just like it does when there is, with the exception of the LEDs changing color with the temperature. No, I do not have a Corsair ID security badge to show you. If that is really a problem, well....

 

That is for your watercooling setup, which has its own logic. The corsair commander box that you install in a 3.5" bay only seems to remember the last register settings for all connected ports..

I have run corsair link commander without the crap software installed and all the fans seems to default to last settings the software wrote to the commander.

 

Powering up intel burn test doesnt change the fan settings and the temps steadily increase..

[wytnyt]

this goes beyond linux happy... imagine windows crashes while you're not home (reasonable since windows does this)

 

if your fan and cooling solution is powered purely by software on your OS what now?

 

now imagine your machine didn't crash so much as some rogue process sent the machine wild... at up the resources drove things mental (this is EXTREMELY POSSIBLE I've seen it many times) the cooling sofware fails and the system over heats? come on!

.

 

do you know what tjmax is?

if you did you would know your concerns are pointless.

[wytnyt]

Well, I'll feed a Troll feeder back, 'cuz that's what you're sounding like. Yes, the selected profile is stored on the water block and does not need any SW running to do its work. Just went through killing the CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor process to confirm this. With nothing running, it acts just like it does when there is, with the exception of the LEDs changing color with the temperature. No, I do not have a Corsair ID security badge to show you. If that is really a problem, well....

 

any answer you produce will be inefficient i think,to the op

your test tho will work if you stay in your current windows environment but if a restart is needed to go into linux,then it wont work.

[Speed]

That is for your watercooling setup, which has its own logic. The corsair commander box that you install in a 3.5" bay only seems to remember the last register settings for all connected ports..

I have run corsair link commander without the crap software installed and all the fans seems to default to last settings the software wrote to the commander.

 

Powering up intel burn test doesnt change the fan settings and the temps steadily increase..

 

I'm not running the CL2 software and all of the fans work as expected under load, at idle and everywhere in between. Spin up, spin down, all of it. Temps are well in control. As long as it's running this way, I'm not updating anything!

[mol4711]

I'm not running the CL2 software and all of the fans work as expected under load, at idle and everywhere in between. Spin up, spin down, all of it. Temps are well in control.

 

No, what I meant was that you use a H100i or other intelligent corsair cpu cooler with logic & temp sensor inside it as your controller for you fans right?

Since you said "Yes, the selected profile is stored on the water block"

 

 

That is totally different from the dumb box (the commander) that I have installed and connected to fan controller and temp controller boxes. The commander seems totally devoid of intelligence and do NOT spin up/down my fans regardless of what my 3 temp sensor from the basic corsair link kit reads! It just keeps the last settings that the software wrote to it. It is less useful even than a bog-standard bios controller.

 

I am tempted to void my warranty on the commander, rip it open and maybe replace it with an arduino kit to get some control over my system without relying on beta-grade software from corsairs third party supplier..

[Speed]

From reading all of the posts, the quest seems to be CPU-related, not case fans. Doesn't say anything about them, so it's 50/50 on that but the thread title is "100% dependent upon software"; which it isn't.

 

I am tempted to void my warranty on the commander, rip it open and maybe replace it with an arduino kit to get some control over my system without relying on beta-grade software from corsairs third party supplier..

 

Well, I hear that.

[Sapien2]

So can anyone please clarifiy something for me.

For example let imagine that I have configured 3 case fans to 900 RPM which is 50% of their full speed. When I reboot my machine will they start spinning at full sped and then slow down when software loads or do they start at previously throttled speed of 900 RPM?

[AlphaBravo]

So can anyone please clarifiy something for me.

For example let imagine that I have configured 3 case fans to 900 RPM which is 50% of their full speed. When I reboot my machine will they start spinning at full sped and then slow down when software loads or do they start at previously throttled speed of 900 RPM?

 

 

When I turn my computer on, my NZXT case fans are at full speed and then slowly (very slowly) decrease their speed to 700 RPM (which is the fixed speed I have them set at). This slow down is exactly the same whether I run Corsair Link or not. Based on that, it seems that the fan speed is stored somewhere.

 

If I just reboot, my case fans do not increase their speed and then decrease their speed.

[RAM GUY]

That is normal when the system starts the controller will run the fans to full speed as a self test and to establish Fan speed Range

[wytnyt]

If I just reboot, my case fans do not increase their speed and then decrease their speed.

Reply With Quote.

 

thats because its still being read,it needs a restart when you do a cold boot.

[Sapien2]

That is normal when the system starts the controller will run the fans to full speed as a self test and to establish Fan speed Range

 

What do you mean by system? Operating system? Will my fans slow down if no OS will load at all?

[Speed]

Well, on these systems, the fans spin up to 100% at power-on, a very good feeling if you ask me, and exactly when the ASUS BIOS logo goes dark after POST--before any Windows activity has had a chance to load and do anything--the fans spin down to the specified running RPM and then Windows begins to load. Therefore, no monitoring/controlling applications have any chance of influencing anything. It's an automatic boot procedure at power-on. This is on three systems, two OS versions, two motherboard versions, using H100i and H80i coolers, with and without Corsair Link Commanders.

[Sapien2]

before any Windows activity has had a chance to load and do anything--the fans spin down to the specified running RPM

Great, just what I need.