I have an "Asus ROG Strix z390-F Gaming" motherboard with latest BIOS. The cooler is connected as per instructions from the bundled manual. No Hub, no nothing. The two fans connected to the leads from the pump/cooler head, the single lead from the pump/cooler head to the motherboard "CPU FAN1". The USB cable from the pump/cooler head to a free USB slot on the motherboard. 100% New clean Windows 10, 1809 Workstation Edition. As for other software, I pretty much only have: Discord, Steam, Ark Survival, Overwatch, Origin, Apex Legends, HWiNFO, GeForce Experience, Filezilla, iCUE.