Windows 8.1 and corsair link help

[Xtreme Gamer]

I upgraded to windows 8.1. I really like it so far. Only problem I've noticed is that corsair link wont work. I have done research and people say that it doesn't work with 8.1. Does anyone know how to get around the compatibility problem at all? I just want to adjust fan speeds so I doesn't overheat.

 

Thanks for any help!!!!

[Matsy]

Put it into compatability mode?

Otherwise, yeh, you are screwed, and another victim of windows 8.1

[Torg73]

There is a work around but it's long and it's not 100%, just wait for the update from Corsair.

[Xtreme Gamer]

There is a work around but it's long and it's not 100%, just wait for the update from Corsair.

 

What is the work around? Please tell me

[Torg73]

cut and paste from Corsair:

 

Go into the registry and look for HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_1B1C&PID_0C04. For each port/path string you see under this (numbers and ampersands smushed together), open the "Device Parameters" and change the FOUR DWORD settings to 0 (AllowIdleIrpInD3, DeviceSelectiveSuspended, EnhancedPowerManagementEnabled, SelectiveSuspendEnabled). Reboot.

Windows 8.1 enables Selective Suspend on HID devices by default now, which is not supported on the current firmware of the H80i and H100i. I can confirm that this bug does not appear to exist with the older H80/H100 and USB Commander. Connectivity still isn't perfect, so I'm hoping that there's going to be a firmware update soon to fix this properly.

 

 

If it don't work then hope it did not damage your OS.  

 

Corsair George has posted that they are working on a beta update

[Xtreme Gamer]

 

cut and paste from Corsair:

 

Go into the registry and look for HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_1B1C&PID_0C04. For each port/path string you see under this (numbers and ampersands smushed together), open the "Device Parameters" and change the FOUR DWORD settings to 0 (AllowIdleIrpInD3, DeviceSelectiveSuspended, EnhancedPowerManagementEnabled, SelectiveSuspendEnabled). Reboot.

Windows 8.1 enables Selective Suspend on HID devices by default now, which is not supported on the current firmware of the H80i and H100i. I can confirm that this bug does not appear to exist with the older H80/H100 and USB Commander. Connectivity still isn't perfect, so I'm hoping that there's going to be a firmware update soon to fix this properly.

 

 

If it don't work then hope it did not damage your OS.  

 

Corsair George has posted that they are working on a beta update

 

 

Is there any other way to manually adjust fan speed then?

[Torg73]

no idea I could not get it to work my self as after 2 day's all my fan's (including the 3 fans on my GPU) was on at 100% all the time, had to do a refresh to get back to normal.

 

As I said its not 100% working and best to wait for the official release from Corsair.

[Xtreme Gamer]

no idea I could not get it to work my self as after 2 day's all my fan's (including the 3 fans on my GPU) was on at 100% all the time, had to do a refresh to get back to normal.

 

As I said its not 100% working and best to wait for the official release from Corsair.

 

Ok, but how do you think some people got it to work for them using the method?

[Torg73]

Ok, but how do you think some people got it to work for them using the method?

it could be anything from motherboard to just luck, best to leave it till its sorted at Corsair side

[Xtreme Gamer]

it could be anything from motherboard to just luck, best to leave it till its sorted at Corsair side

 

 

no idea I could not get it to work my self as after 2 day's all my fan's (including the 3 fans on my GPU) was on at 100% all the time, had to do a refresh to get back to normal.

 

As I said its not 100% working and best to wait for the official release from Corsair.

 

 

 

cut and paste from Corsair:

 

Go into the registry and look for HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_1B1C&PID_0C04. For each port/path string you see under this (numbers and ampersands smushed together), open the "Device Parameters" and change the FOUR DWORD settings to 0 (AllowIdleIrpInD3, DeviceSelectiveSuspended, EnhancedPowerManagementEnabled, SelectiveSuspendEnabled). Reboot.

Windows 8.1 enables Selective Suspend on HID devices by default now, which is not supported on the current firmware of the H80i and H100i. I can confirm that this bug does not appear to exist with the older H80/H100 and USB Commander. Connectivity still isn't perfect, so I'm hoping that there's going to be a firmware update soon to fix this properly.

 

 

If it don't work then hope it did not damage your OS.  

 

Corsair George has posted that they are working on a beta update

 

 

 

There is a work around but it's long and it's not 100%, just wait for the update from Corsair.

 

 

Put it into compatability mode?

Otherwise, yeh, you are screwed, and another victim of windows 8.1

 

anyone think that if I upgrade corsairlink software to Version 2.4.5110 from current Version I might get control again?

[Torg73]

anyone think that if I upgrade corsairlink software to Version 2.4.5110 from current Version I might get control again?

OK I have that version and am running Windows 8.1 and it makes no difference, its something to do with windows 8.1 just leave it till Corsair has fixed it, it could a few more weeks yet, the other option is go back to windows 8 (presuming you can with a refresh).

[Xtreme Gamer]

I bumped into the same problem. Power outage corrupted my Windows install, so I had to re-install W8.1. When upgrading from 8 to 8.1, this never happened. 

 

 

Fresh install. Haven't even activated it yet.

 

Just so I can understand more from what you just posted. Did you do the registry hack to get link back? If not. How did you get corsair link control back? Also, what version of corsair link do you have?

[MdX MaxX]

After some haphazard sequence of uninstalling and reinstalling Link, that registry hack worked out for me.  Definitely try reinstalling and/or upgrading to the latest release candidate software (2.4.5110).  It should work.

[Xtreme Gamer]

After some haphazard sequence of uninstalling and reinstalling Link, that registry hack worked out for me.  Definitely try reinstalling and/or upgrading to the latest release candidate software (2.4.5110).  It should work.

 

I did a upgrade to (2.4.5110) and no control over speeds at all... Any ideas still?

[Xtreme Gamer]

I did the reg hack Torg posted. Worked perfectly. I have 2.4.5110.

 

So no bad side effects? just good ones? Sorry, im just hesitant when messing with the registry. Im sure everyone here knows what you risk when messin with it. Are you sure nothing bad happened when you did it and rebooted?

[Xtreme Gamer]

Nothing bad so far. I've rebooted several times due to Windows updates and it's working fine still. If you're in doubt, you can always create a backup of the registry by exporting it, then edit the reg files. If something goes wrong, you can easily import the backup and everything's back to normal.

 

How do i backup, export, and restore registry? I didn't even know you could do that.

[MdX MaxX]

So no bad side effects? just good ones? Sorry, im just hesitant when messing with the registry. Im sure everyone here knows what you risk when messin with it. Are you sure nothing bad happened when you did it and rebooted?

Oh, wait, you haven't done the registry tweak yet?  I assumed you did that already.

 

You need to.  It's not gonna work otherwise.

 

Just do exactly what's listed in the earlier post and you'll be golden.  You're not gonna bork your OS.

[Xtreme Gamer]

Oh, wait, you haven't done the registry tweak yet?  I assumed you did that already.

 

You need to.  It's not gonna work otherwise.

 

Just do exactly what's listed in the earlier post and you'll be golden.  You're not gonna bork your OS.

 

Quick question... After reg tweak. Do I uninstall link, reboot, install link, reboot then done? If not, what order should I do it in then?