Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Fan Control Problems

[Pepi93]

Just installed this CPU Cooler and I'm having some tweaking issues with the radiator fans.

When I open up Corsair Link it reads the CPU Fan at 840 rpm ish and the pump at 1950 rpm ish.

I have Q-Fan Disabled in BIOS and no matter what fan setting I choose under Corsair Link, it always stays the same.

I have the H100i connected as the manual indicates. Both cooler fans plugged into the connectors that come off the pump. Pump Power cable into the CPU-FAN Header. The Corsair Link cable connected to a usb 2.0 header on the mobo...

Not sure what I'm doing wrong but I'd love to have control over the corsair fans and make a custom fan curve for them.

Thanks in advance.

 

[||Console||]

I think this is a common problem with the link soft ware cant remember the fix

 

[custom90gt]

When you go into Link and click on the fan for the h100i you should be able to set the mode to custom. This will let you set a custom profile for the fan. You can "copy" the fan profile to the second fan if it gives you that option.

 

[Pepi93]

None of the above suggestions worked. It ended up being a conflict with HWiNFO. I uninstalled LINK, went into BIOS, set CPU-Q-Fan to disabled, made sure HWiNFO didn't start with system and reinstalled LINK. Now all works as it should but this bugs me because I use HWiNFO to display values for my GPU/CPU while in game. Is there a workaround to this?

 

[custom90gt]

I believe you can disable the link sensors in HWINFO by right clicking on them

 

[EarthDog]

Try a different overlay software or stop using overlays outsode of tweaking/testing. I find they are nice to see data quickly, but really, i know my cpu max temps, cpu...etc....i dont need that stuff polluting my screen.

 

[Pepi93]

Try a different overlay software or stop using overlays outsode of tweaking/testing. I find they are nice to see data quickly, but really, i know my cpu max temps, cpu...etc....i dont need that stuff polluting my screen.

I like the overlay when I play a heavy game so I know nothing is going wrong but I get what you're saying.

Also, HWiNFO has an Link Sensor? Hmm, have to look into that.

 

[||Console||]

MSI AB has a nice overlay with Riva tuner . you can show most settings on your screen if you wish
The graph is frame times

 

[Pepi93]

Thanks for the heads up on MSI, I use it for my GPU, not sure why I never tried it for CPU also...there must have been a reason?

Also, disabling the Corsair monitoring tabs in HWiNFO did not help, so I'm done with that tool.

 

[GTXJackBauer]

I stay away from their whole Corsair ecosystem like the plague, (insert contradictory statements here) other than using CL JUST for the PSU readings. That's it. I use Aquasuite and HWinfo64 for the rest.

Overlapping too many monitoring and control software can create issues. It's best to use a minimalist approach unless you're certain on the apps getting along.