mthompson2336

Just a warning - the SATA connector itself has a max 3x1.5A limit before the cables start to heat dangerously, regardless of the PSU's capabilities.

I just noticed that your lighting node core is wired to your commander rgb. The LNC is actually controlled through USB, so instead you would connect it to an empty usb channel on the commander pro. Nice diagram!

I have the three included MLs and one LL120 connected to the commander core. iCUE sees four fans for RGB control, but only three fans for PWM control. The fan is fine when not connected to the core. I've tried other ports on the core with no success. Am I doing something wrong? This is feeling weird that corsair's own current high-end products don't seem to actually work very well together.

I had a generic internal hub and even this wouldn't work. Only way I could get this to work was with an NZXT internal usb hub. I connected core and pro to the hub, and a lighting node pro to the pro usb header. Once again baffled by Corsair not checking that their stuff works with their own stuff.

I'm not understanding why iCUE 4 exists. This looks like just a ham-handed effort to avoid the cost of fixing existing problems while banking on brand loyalty to squeeze the replacement cycle. What am I missing? iCUE 4 has dropped support for Corsair's own hardware. iCUE 4 has removed numerous features. iCUE 4 has removed numerous configuration options. iCUE 4 is less stable across the board. iCUE 4 has areas that are simply not finished, and likely never will be based on history. iCUE 4 requires intervention to install on a system with Corsair's own software (iCUE 3). iCUE 4 installs a cpu-intensive service on systems that have no use for it. iCUE 4 fails to address any actual customer requests regarding performance, usability, compatibility, and open access to their own purchased hardware. In other words, Corsair has decided not to improve anything that iCUE is actually supposed to be doing. And again, look at that compatibility list. That's a short list to be justify dropping hardware. Why is iCUE 4 even a thing?

I think this is the problem right here. Corsair's hardware and software is not highly-functional. Never has been. And it's on purpose. Corsair started as an ODM that moved upmarket, but seems as surprised as anyone that they can continue setting ridiculous prices while using substandard OEMs (seasonic notwithstanding). Their fans and AIOs are, by every measurable metric, below average, yet they command some of the highest prices in their segments. Better software will not happen because right now it does not sell product, and because their current strategy does not value long-term customer relations as an important factor to their success. In other words, they won't fix their stuff because they don't have any reason to. But they are skating on incredibly thin ice, and they have to know it. Corsair has very little actual brand loyalty, very little product specificity (secret sauce), poor customer satisfaction, tons of competition, and a really crummy value proposition. I'm not expecting a miracle, but I hope that their strategy changes in the near future, and we get some better quality out of them.

Same for me. iCue is only running in the system tray. Video card is an RTX 2080 Super. iCue is using 10%+ GPU. EASILY reproduced. This is pretty ridiculous.

Darn, was hoping it was something known. I'm swapping in pairs of matching fans, and get the same results with my pump - corsair good, all others bad. All 140s, all PWM, all name-brand. Shucks. If I manually set RPM by % the fans do change speed if I wait for the lag.

On my h115i platinum, rpm is reported around 2000 inside iCue, but 4000+ (!) in bios and asus ai suite. Is this a problem? The cooler pump is connected to cpu-fan as per instructions.

Does the H115i Platinum not work with 3rd party fans? I can't really imagine why this would be, but that's what i'm observing. I just built a new system and bought an H115i RGB Platinum cooler. No matter what I do I cannot get the pump to recognize my radiator fans. The pump (mostly) reports the rpm of the stock ML fans if I connect them. When I connect other PWM fans the rpm is always 0rpm in iCue. I've tried pairs of Aer RGB 2's, Silent Wings 3 PWM, and AER F140s and none show rpm in iCue. If I set a fixed RPM% with a custom setting in iCue I can hear the fans slow down and speed up, so it's outputting PWM signals, but it seems to be ignoring the tach from anything except the corsair fans. I've verified they all work correctly when connected directly to my mobo. I'd prefer to go with the pump hookup so I can set them against the cooler temp.