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Armor Crate IS a dreadful software by any standard. I am never going to argue this. It is limited in features, is buggy, lacks polish and everything (even the kitchen sink) you can throw at it. I am not even going to talk about AI Suite. That out of the way, ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE etc... make their systems open and available. This means that a single all-encompassing solution for controlling RGB is possible. However, Corsair does make the choice to remain proprietary rather then try and gain even more traction with other customers by supporting and even pushing a RGB standard and make themselves an option (at least for syncing RGB) with iCue. If I can use iCue to sync my other products, including my RAM, here's what happens. I can move to better products gradually without sacrificing on the hard work I have put in my system. Instead, Corsair goes ALL-OR-NOTHING. So, if I want to use iCue, (and keep from making a unicorn puke system), I have to change: RAM, AIO, FANS(9) and CASE all at once. Ain't happening. My beef is that Corsair chooses to use proprietary plugs, proprietary RGB & ARGB protocols. Just like Apple with iEverything... Force people into ecosystem instead of providing a better alternative based on standards. Excellence through execution, not through cult adoption.

Sorry but...this is just Poodle Doo. All you need to do is (as you do with the RGB) link into the ASUS argb through Armor Crate. Something you already do for RGB. Yes, managing ARGB is more difficult but... if you simply convert your calls to & from the API ... problem solved. Anyway, this is the reason why I do not go for Corsair ARGB items. They may be pretty...but expensive (for no apparent reason) and closed loop as far as compatibility.....everything to keep you buying more Corsair. Once you jumped in... you are done... you can never go to another brand if someone else comes up with something interesting that is AURA compatible. This is not a technical limit decision.. it is purely a business decision.

I suppose my post doesn't have all the details...that is because of a little over 2 years of trials of different configs, motherboards, software loads and even complete rebuilds. The issue is always the same. Now, it may be that my H110 is defective in some capacity but since it cooled the CPU (pump & fans work) but the USB connectivity is ALWAYS the one that failed. I don't want to sound dismissive or bash against Corsair... or people on this forum. My goal is twofold: a) Let people know that this problem exists (new users or not-so-new users) b) there is currently no solution offered aside uninstalling anything else that controls RGB. IF I remove synapse, rgb fusion (changed board to Gigabyte), and LGHUB, H110 is detected and works, never goes away. If I install any or all of the other programs, eventually iCue will not detect my H110. It's that simple. Everything else works on the USB bus except the H110. Now, digging through the registry, I see the ID for the H110 that used to be identified but a new entry is added and try as hard as you want, it will not recognize the drivers that USED to work. I even turned off my USB3.0 & 3.1 off to see if a conflict was occuring... Nada. Folks... I've done my homework. I've debugged the hell and researched this issue for 2 years. It took all that time for me to finally say I can't fix it myself... other than writing a standard for RGB control that would need to be adopted by ALL mfgs. I'm not trying to be ab ***... not trying to cut corners. But the end result (at this point) is that the H110 is off my system since I can't rely on it to monitor (and be able to adjust) my cooling perf.

Genuine troubleshooting? Ok... not accounting that my trade is QA and DEV... I think I was pretty thorough in my troubleshooting. Yes, I have tried all combination of software and startup sequences (disable one, then the other, etc...) so... I did come to the conclusion that ONLY iCue misbehave. Only iCue has an error preventing it from functioning as it is meant to (controlling RGB plus fans on AIO). I'm just telling this so that Corsair CAN at least have the feedback (feedback is not always positive and it's purpose is to improve). I have already submitted my problem to Corsair (hence the responses that iCue does not play nice with other RGB) but have yet to get a resolution. And if all goes well for you...great! What was the purpose of your response? Improving iCue or arguing that I don't have the issues or don't know how computers work? I missed your point. I may also add that the same issue happens with other RGB software (EVGA, RGB Fusion...)

Hello everyone. This is my story about trying to get iCue to play nice. I built my system originally in late 2017. Right from the beginning, I wanted to have a good AIO so i bought a H110i v2. It was perfect. Plenty of cooling, subdued RGB and solid street cred. I had an ASUS board and installed it and the AIO along some other RGB strips (not Corsair). The RGB was all connected to the board and running ASUS Aura to control it. I installed Synapse for my keyboard and mouse and LGHUB for my headset. Yeah... a lot of different software but, what can you do..the RGB scene is a total mess. So, my first problem after only a few days was that in iCue, I could not see my H110 anymore. Check in the device manager and I have an exclamation mark. Funny since I had made no changes and everything was working the night before. Try as hard as I want... I couldn't get the H110 to be detected anymore. After about a week, the H110 came and went several times. So, I decided to investigate. Seems that your only option is to remove all the other RGB software in order to keep iCue happy. There are no other solutions... even from Corsair's own support in forums they readily admit that iCue and other RGB controlling software don't play nice. Actually this is not exactly true. All other RGB software plays nice on my system..the only one that has hiccups is iCue. So, this means that iCue is the problem. Not my video card, keyboard, headset, motherboard or my CoolerMaster AIO (i bought another one) have any issues controlling RGB in the presence of other software. Only iCue (or the previous LINK). Sorry to say this Corsair but this is a problem YOU need to fix. The choices you made to control your AIO (and everything else) is what causes the issues. Even if I would go full bore with Corsair RGB Galore, My motherboard still requires it's own software (and it will make iCue fail to detect hardware) So..... Corsair... For the sake of uniformity and simplicity... make iCue play nice. At this point, I am not going to expand into the Corsair ecosystem knowing I may have issues with my keyboard, mouse, motherboard, videocard and case...:mad: