ASUS MAXIMUS VIII RANGER and Corsair LINK stuttering

[anphetamina]

Hello, it's been a week that I'm experiecing stuttering at Windows startup. The system hangs for about 1-2 seconds after getting responsive, it freeze when Corsair LINK is loaded.

What I've tried until now:
- Update BIOS
- Update all drivers for my motherboard from the ASUS page
- Clear CMOS / reset the BIOS
- Memtest with no errors
- Re-installed all ME / MEI / Graphics drivers

I've installed two additional fans + two fans for the CPU cooler (Corsair H100i v2), plugged the two CPU fans into the CPU_FAN slot and the USB cable of the AIO into the USB3 Slot of the motherboard as shown in the Corsair manual.
There are some problem with LINK:
1. I see two slots for each fans plugged into the motherboard:



2. Initially the H100i v2 fan speed was 0 rpm no matter which profile I apply, it won't change the fan speed, only the Pump speed can be regulated. So I disabled the CPU Qfan control from the BIOS and I can regulate the fan speed from LINK.

3. Everytime LINK is started at boot will freeze the system for 1-2 seconds.

Can you help me fixing these and set up correctly the BIOS and the motherboard? Thanks.

[anphetamina]

Bahz wrote:
You should just use Cosair Link to control the pump as that's what is guaranteed to work. The freezing is likely just registry or other software conflicts causing the severe lag spike during startup. Uninstall everything you don't need then use CC Cleaner to clean up your registry and it should do the trick.

I need Afterburner for my GPU, if Afterburner isn't launched then the GPU fans won't spin, how can I set a default profile without using it? LINK won't let me control the GPU fans neither.

[Allmachtige]

Does setting LINK to not start on startup help or is the program still able to cause issues when not running?

Are having the LINK cables plugged into hardware actually the root cause?

[anphetamina]

Allmachtige wrote:
Does setting LINK to not start on startup help or is the program still able to cause issues when not running?

Are having the LINK cables plugged into hardware actually the root cause?

If LINK isn't launched at startup the system won't freeze

[peki22]

Old system: Windows 10 -startup (corsair link,AI Suite,Afterburner,Logitech gaming software ......)problem,problem,problem.Why?I do not know.
All the same: Windows 8.1 = No problem.All works properly.

[anphetamina]

peki22 wrote:
Old system: Windows 10 -startup (corsair link,AI Suite,Afterburner,Logitech gaming software ......)problem,problem,problem.Why?I do not know.
All the same: Windows 8.1 = No problem.All works properly.

What kind of problems? Is that your case?

[peki22]

Freezing system 10 sek. on start.Link and Logitech gaming not responding on startup.

[anphetamina]

peki22 wrote:
Freezing system 10 sek. on start.Link and Logitech gaming not responding on startup.

How did you fixed that?