Aetherone

I treated myself to a shiny new Stream Deck Mk.2 last week. For some strange reason, I thought that it would be easy to get it controlling iCUE for me - to do one simple thing - cycle through my iCUE profiles. I've stuck with iCUE v3 for a long time now. I've nothing attached that demands v4 and well, I just don't like v4 very much. Nevertheless... Unpack the SD, download & install the latest software (v5.1.4.14753). Corsair have an iCUE plugin, great. Install that and am greeted with "You need to update iCUE" Bummer, well guess I'd better start learning my way around v4. Download v4.19.191, install, configure cycles and reassign the "media next" key on my k70 to switch, then reboot just to be sure and am greeted with SD plugin "There are no actions in your Actions Library" Nosing around v4, I cant even find the Actions Library any more. It appears to have been replaced with "Assignments Library"? Why does the SD plugin not see my profile cycle? From what I understand, it looks like older versions of the plugin DO interact with iCUE v3. Any chance of simply getting access to those?

Received my pair of SEs yesterday. Replacing a set of dodgy switch G933s. The bad 1. they're a bit small. Or are they supposed to squish your head that firmly? 2. they're too small. Or are your ears supposed to touch the insides of the cups top & bottom? 3. They're heavy. Skip the aluminum and go for magnesium next time. Maybe machine it out a bit. 4. the headband padding is kinda thin and small. For heavy headphones it's an uncomfortable exercise in minimalism. 5. the fake leather just feels incredibly cheap. Plus if it's warm, you'll pool sweat inside the cups. This is gross and can't be good for their longevity. For $360AUD cans, see Sennheiser's crushed velvet for all-day forgot-I-was-wearing-them comfort. 6. the fake 7.1 sounds like resonant steaming garbage. Sure it widens the sound stage, but makes everything sound like you're in a steel bomb shelter with awful tinny flanging and muffled echoes. Absolute fail there. 7. some nasty variable electronic hums in the right cup when hitting high frequencies ~13-13.5khz while in wireless mode. The good A. they worked perfectly out of the box. Immediate detection and hookup, iCue firmware updates notified and happened no problems. Battery was even pretty well charged. B. plain jane stereo mode sounds amazing. My current favorite sound test is the portals scene from Endgame. The orchestral sections, helmets unveiling heroes, weapons being drawn & cocked, it all comes through clearly and cleanly. But only in Stereo mode - fake 7.1 really makes it sound like messy jangling muffled reverberating crap. C. decent external noise insulation. Between the weight, the clamping, the sticky soggy plastic padding, these are not cans you can wear all day and forget about. Just a couple of hours is enough headache inducement for me. Frankly, the VOID Pros are better than this. You swung for the rafters Corsair, and missed by miles.

It's possible that the Chinese battery is simply dead flat. For whatever reason, I've found lots of gear won't charge Li chemistry cells if they're extremely low on charge. What does your multimeter say?

A slight necro, but I've done this too. Two CoPros, one internal for all the internal fans and RGB and one external for external fans and RGB. Works like a charm, although it would be nice if iCue was better able to distinguish the two CoPros. Before making any changes to profiles, it's important to double check you're reconfiguring the right CoPro! I whipped up a custom cable for my AX860i that passes out a SATA header via a 2.54mm header block. It's important to be able to easily disconnect the external unit for LAN parties and I didn't want yet another powerbrick under the desk. Plus I figured common ground and all that malarky. Works great. CoPro monitors temp sensors and spools up the fans as necessary :sunglasse Plus RGB, because I'm 5 inside :D:

Adding my voice to this one. Hacking about with various console/admin commands in MSTSC today has come to naught. :sigh!: For those looking for a workaround, VNC appears to preserve iCUE functionality. :idea: