Corsair Link Crashing in Windows 8.1

This occurs in CL versions 2.3.4816 through 2.4.5110RC. I'm running the Win 8.1 workaround by Scotty_Two (not that it's a factor here), this system has a new Intel SSD (not that it's a factor here), and I disabled my Antivirus during and post-install ("). CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor.exe is running merrily in the background.

Event Viewer registers 3-errors with every attempted launch:

Corsair Link:

System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: The invocation of the constructor on type 'Sierra2.SystemModule.SystemViewModel' that matches the specified binding constraints threw an exception. ---> System.NotSupportedException: No imaging component suitable to complete this operation was found. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The component cannot be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F50)

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDecoderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateFromUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.FinalizeCreation()

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.EndInit()

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage..ctor(Uri uriSource, RequestCachePolicy uriCachePolicy)

at Sierra2.SystemModule.SystemViewModel.UpdateCustomImages()

at Sierra2.SystemModule.SystemViewModel.LoadImages()

at Sierra2.SystemModule.SystemViewModel..ctor()

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.Load(XamlReader xamlReader, IXamlObjectWriterFactory writerFactory, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlObjectWriterSettings settings, Uri baseUri)

at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.LoadBaml(XamlReader xamlReader, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlAccessLevel accessLevel, Uri baseUri)

at System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.LoadBaml(Stream stream, ParserContext parserContext, Object parent, Boolean closeStream)

at System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(Object component, Uri resourceLocator)

at Sierra2.Sierra2Main.InitializeComponent()

at Sierra2.Sierra2Main..ctor()

at Sierra2.App.<>c__DisplayClass1.<OnStartup>b__0()

at Sierra2.Shared.UI.EventAggregator.SuppressEvents(Action action)

at Sierra2.App.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1(Object unused)

at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)

at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()

at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeInSecurityContext(Object state)

at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)

at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)

at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)

at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.Invoke()

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.ProcessQueue()

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.WndProcHook(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)

at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)

at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)

at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)

at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs)

at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)

at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(MSG& msg)

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(DispatcherFrame frame)

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(DispatcherFrame frame)

at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run()

at System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(Object ignore)

at System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(Window window)

at System.Windows.Application.Run(Window window)

at Sierra2.WindowsFormsApp.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel()

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(String[] commandLine)

at Sierra2.Program.Main(String[] args)

.NET Runtime:

Application: CorsairLINK.exe

Framework Version: v4.0.30319

Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.

Exception Info: System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException

Stack:

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel()

at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[])

at Sierra2.Program.Main(System.String[])

And Application Error (Event ID 1000):

Faulting application name: CorsairLINK.exe, version: 2.4.5110.41697, time stamp: 0x5201679f

Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9600.16384, time stamp: 0x52158f2d

Exception code: 0xe0434352

Fault offset: 0x00013d67

Faulting process id: 0x708

Faulting application start time: 0x01cecbbf9df14bb5

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Corsair\Corsair Link\CorsairLINK.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll

Report Id: dd9bc707-37b2-11e3-8268-c86000cb7a72

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

With this and several other issues I'm really wondering why I made the move to Win8.1.

Having same issue here, H80i, whilst the CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor.exe runs in the background windows logs 2 errors (one for the software the other for .NET) every 10 seconds or so. So I had to kill the hardware monitoring service.

Additionally, the CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor.exe process keeps stealing focus, (it will keep popping into the foreground, even though it has no windows).

I've tried the workarounds, no dice here.

CorsairLINK2 Hardware Monitor

System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
  at Sierra2.Backend.HidPinvoke.hid_open(UInt16 vid, UInt16 pid)
  at Sierra2.Backend.Hid.Open(Int32 Vid, Int32 Pid)
  at Sierra2.Backend.Usb.<InitModule>b__9()
  at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
  at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Source Details:
 in file: 
 in method: UInt32 hid_open(UInt16, UInt16)
 at line: 0
 at column: 0

.NET Runtime

Application: CorsairLINK_HardwareMonitor.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.BadImageFormatException
Stack:
  at Sierra2.Backend.HidPinvoke.hid_open(UInt16, UInt16)
  at Sierra2.Backend.Hid.Open(Int32, Int32)
  at Sierra2.Backend.Usb.<InitModule>b__9()
  at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(System.Object)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
  at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
  at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Hesitant to engage in any CPU intensive tasks at the moment because I can't increase the fan speed above the "Quiet" profile that I loaded before upgrading to 8.1

It's all about the wait for the new Corsair_LINK software, currently being developed for Windows 8.1:

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123030

Hesitant to engage in any CPU intensive tasks at the moment because I can't increase the fan speed above the "Quiet" profile that I loaded before upgrading to 8.1

You're probably fine.

I stuck the 2 fans on my H100i into quiet mode, and then stress tested my i7-4770K @4.4GHz. Stress: prime95, 8 threads, blend. Fluid temp plateaued at 36.4C and CPU cores averaged 79C.

In any real world application (games too), you'll not experience anything like a serious load on your CPU -- GPU might catch a serious load.

Whenever I do anything that needs the stepped up 4.4GHz, cores average about 50C max.