NOTORIOUS VR Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I've had my complete Corsair Link setup (2x lighting nodes, 2x cooling nodes, Graphics card monitor, H100i, etc) for almost one year to date now. And I finally got completely fed up with this horrible piece of crap hardware that should be illegal for them to sell upon customers. I don't care if it's Corsair or whoever actually makes it (Cool IT?) responsibility but the name on the product is Corsair and I find it unacceptable for them to sell such a sub-par product to people and expect them to deal with the constant problems, lack of support, horrible firmware and software updates (or lack there of), and broken promises. Corsair, your SH!T don't work, period! I mean you don't even officially support anything under Windows 8.1, you have to rely on community support for workarounds that we as power users can continue to run your crap hardware and software. If that doesn't ring any bells I don't know what does. I've completely ripped out all of the CL junk out of my machine except for the H100i which again with the hack works somewhat under Windows 8.1. The rest is going in the garbage, I'll be smashing it to little pieces before doing so that no one will be able to use the horrid crap you've sold me and hopefully save someone many headaches by doing so. So Corsair, you can officially count me as a lost customer. Stick to making cases (which are great, I love mine) and power supplies (which you probably don't make yourself either) and drop the whole CL line of products to help people avoid spending their hard earned money on crap that will never ever work right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snfo Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Thank god Windows 8 as a crappy UI or I would be like you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 im the type of person that likes to own state of the art technology but im always leery of being a guinea pig and going from past experiences from some of the first OS Microsoft released ,ive been very hesitant buying new OS in fact i stayed with windows xp up until win7 came out as i simply refused to spend my money on a screwed up OS like vista. now comes win 8 and it was heralded as perfection and the wave of the future OS'S ding ding ---RED FLAG as if it really was all that then it would and should speak for itself. and win8 was barely out the gate when 8.1 hit the shelves and what now its 8.2,,, now it would have been good had Corsair issued at least a beta to its customers but perhaps theres more to the software than were aware of and quite frankly some of the burden of responsibility must rest with Microsoft. unfortunately either way its the customer that must bear the hardship for products that should work but dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTORIOUS VR Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 This has nothing to do with what OS the user chooses to run. That said with these products you are stuck running only one OS. Windows. You cannot control the CL product in Linux/Unix, OSX (if you're into Hackintoshes), etc so I kind of find it hilarious that you both lack any reading comprehension and I cannot believe you guys completely missed the point here, like completely. Corsair link doesn't work properly regardless of the OS. It didn't work properly under the "supported" Windows 7 either. It works when it wants to work, never when it is supposed to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snfo Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 For me, and right now, it's working as expected in windows 7. Many people have it working with windows 7. For me the problem here is the lack of windows 8 support. And thats why I've said what I've said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Corsair link doesn't work properly regardless of the OS. It didn't work properly under the "supported" Windows 7 either. It works when it wants to work, never when it is supposed to work. im sorry,i have to disagree,Corsair Link works quite well on all of my builds,obviously your speaking personally and not for others,which should have need noted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Its understandable that some to most of you experiencing issues are frustrated with Corsair LINK. While i do like Corsair products, its obvious LINK wasn't suppose to turn out how it is today with all these problems and OS support. Yes, i've had my own problems with the LINK software getting it to work properly which is fine now. But really in the end, IMHO Corsair should have really tested it out thoroughly and make further improvements to correct these issues before the LINK range was announced. The idea of taking control of your system via software is great. But the time taken to release a new update for the software is just too long. I would expect a beta for Windows 8.1 ETA to be next year (a guess, not official) but in its current state it may take a bit more before the non major bugs are flattened out. As for OS support, again IMHO, they should have really should have done some kind of testing with the software when Windows 8.1 preview was available. Even if it was a preview release, where changes are possible, they would at least got an idea of what to expect. Even though i have a large post count on this forum, which some may think im defensive to Corsair, i'm just posting my view about the current state of the LINK line. As we all know, everyone makes mistakes, whether how experienced you are its going to happen one day. In my view, Corsair's mistake was releasing it too early as the idea is complicated to be put into action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTORIOUS VR Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 ^^^^I agree 100%... if you're willing to put up with it's downfalls and issues it's not a "bad" system... but it's definitely not a great system. im sorry,i have to disagree,Corsair Link works quite well on all of my builds,obviously your speaking personally and not for others,which should have need noted... So you're fine with the CL link system NEEDING to have the CL link software start to remember the fan speeds and led settings for the light module? LOL When you say it "works quite well" basically you're just putting up with it's major flaws. I used to say the exact same thing about CL for the first 8 months and I put up with it's quirkiness, and not touching it makes you forget about it. Then things start to go south and not work like they're supposed to for whatever reason, and you have to start playing with the horrid software and you're reminded how bad the product actually is and that's where I drew the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 ^^^^I agree 100%... if you're willing to put up with it's downfalls and issues it's not a "bad" system... but it's definitely not a great system. So you're fine with the CL link system NEEDING to have the CL link software start to remember the fan speeds and led settings for the light module? LOL When you say it "works quite well" basically you're just putting up with it's major flaws. I used to say the exact same thing about CL for the first 8 months and I put up with it's quirkiness, and not touching it makes you forget about it. . if you want something to run,dont you have to start it?,how can you expect it to work?>this has me very perplexed also please dont assume my systems are messed up as they are not,no it isnt perfect but is anything perfect that software related? but you are right,long times go by that i dont even look at my links as i know their working;): not everyone has messed up links and im sorry that you do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 wytnyt, what VR's getting at is that he thinks that the settings should be saved in the firmware of the link equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 wytnyt, what VR's getting at is that he thinks that the settings should be saved in the firmware of the link equipment. i see but isnt the firmware preset of ''instructions that cant be changed unless doing a firmware change? i agree it would be nice if it worked like this tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latharion Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 A small amount of NAND could be used to store the settings, I guess, but it might be costly to implement such a feature. The H100i does store the last fan profile set by the software in it's hardware (presumably some NAND, but I don't know for sure). I can see why the Link software was the chosen path Corsair took, but it might not have been the best choice. It works, (Windows 8.1. excepted) but it's not perfect... very few first gen products are though. I'd be willing to bet that Corsair's second gen Link products are better designed (depending on their chosen hardware provider). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank28 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I removed link also. I used to love corsair products especially their ram (since I've used them in systems I've built many years ago and they were top notch). Now getting back into high end pc building using after 12 years. I've decided to use Corsair thinking they could of only gotten better over the years, I was wrong. My Pc is pretty much all Corsair (Corsair dominator platinum ram,Ax1200i PSU, Corsair link with cooling node, Corsair Force Gs ssd, all in a 800d case and from my experience with them now is they make decent Hardware but their software/firmware is all 100% garbage. I don't know what has happened over the years but I have ha enough with corsair and slowly replacing all may hardware with other brands because all corsairs fancy gadgets(software based) dont work. here are the issues i have with all the stuff I own. Corsair link ( we all know the issues with that),Corsair Force GS has apparently bad firmware and is fluctuating in speeds and has major start up freezing issues. AX1200i is a good PSU but you cannot use the fan unless you have corsair link software installed. if you don't the fan doesn't cycle unless under super high load therefore the psu still runs hot and warms up your case. Its like using a heater in something your trying to keep cool. I would rather be able to set the fan on at 40% all the time then have it off heating up the case. in my experience with them now stay away. if its hardware only you might get lucky and have a good working one but if it has software implemented in anyway stay far because if, and I said IF it works it will be short lived because 1. their support isn't reliable 2. they don't keep up with new OS. My thought from what I've seen/experienced, Corsair doesn't make their own stuff. all their software is made by someone else. that's why there's lack of support. Have anyone heard of "cool it" before corsair used it? corsair should hire a few software engineers and technicians and make the stuff themselves and have some software guys on staff who can develop the software from start to finish, provide support and repair bugs as they are found as soon as they are found. Develop with future OS in mind and get on top of the trend, don't follow behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZioZeb Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I'm in the same situation. My commander link lying unused in a box. And H100i, the only Corsair item that work, have only 1 color visible yet: red. Stop. All others colors are died. 250 euros thrown in the WC. I'm waiting for a reply at RMA i open. In the meantime, I do all my best wishes for Merry Christmas to all unlucky Corsair users! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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