Corsair Link crashing while running Unigine Heaven

[Cragzman]

Hi guys,

Recently I have been faffing around with the overclock on my Phenom II 965 and having fun (NOT) with the weird LLC on the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Rev 1.2 mobo. Reguarding the LLC, I shall save that for another thread in the appropriate area.

Anywhoooo, I'm loving the H100i upgrade from my old trusty Zalman cooler with the blue LED. But when i'm running a Heaven benchmark test, the process sierria2.exe bins out and the Corsair Link dies. Also it then produces artifacts all over the screen like a cheesy disco. The only way for me to close it is via taskmgr. I have the latest version of both firmware and the Link software.

The temps look fine with a clock of 3.9GHz, 1.400v, LLC set to Regular, ambient of 21c and core temp of 42c with fans set to Balanced.

Any ideas?

Cheers ears

 

[remember300]

get the old version 2 link software, i did and its running fine
and dont rely on the temps from the link i have no idea where mine reads from, but its not getting the right values

 

[Cragzman]

I shall bag the 2.1.7 version of the software and see how it goes. Just seems a tad strange that it only crashes on Heaven benchmarking and I need to reboot to get the Link working again.

 

[Cragzman]

Tested the 2.1.7 version and still no joy. I did notice that a process called sierra2.gpu is running. I only noticed this process when I told the Link software not to load at Windows startup. And the benchmark still crashed with a disco light show. And then checked the processes and saw the sierra2.gpu.exe running. Could it be something to do with that?

To be fair, I haven't tested running the beckmark with everything at stock. I may just do that later to make it a fair test. If my 7950 is down the crapper, I think I may cry like a girl and drink copius amounts of wine. *sniff*

 

[remember300]

Tested the 2.1.7 version and still no joy. I did notice that a process called sierra2.gpu is running. I only noticed this process when I told the Link software not to load at Windows startup. And the benchmark still crashed with a disco light show. And then checked the processes and saw the sierra2.gpu.exe running. Could it be something to do with that?

To be fair, I haven't tested running the beckmark with everything at stock. I may just do that later to make it a fair test. If my 7950 is down the crapper, I think I may cry like a girl and drink copius amounts of wine. *sniff*

i think they updated the drivers again, clear the link software from your pc and reinstall the latest 2.2 or what ever it is, my h100i and leds work now using it but not my fan controller
and sierra link is the software behind the Link

 

[Cragzman]

I did originally have 2.2.0 installed. Unless there is a newer version. But I did see somewhere else on the mintywebs about how the different services run. Looks like the Sierra2.gpu is just for GPU monitoring. Also from what I have read, the Link software fills up event logs like a ferret on heat, and constant hard disk thrashing as the software is monitoring HDD temps. Can't remember which software version that was in though.

Thinking about disabling a few services as the H100i unit seems to remember fan speed settings without the software running. I may try that while testing.

 

[remember300]

I did originally have 2.2.0 installed. Unless there is a newer version. But I did see somewhere else on the mintywebs about how the different services run. Looks like the Sierra2.gpu is just for GPU monitoring. Also from what I have read, the Link software fills up event logs like a ferret on heat, and constant hard disk thrashing as the software is monitoring HDD temps. Can't remember which software version that was in though.

Thinking about disabling a few services as the H100i unit seems to remember fan speed settings without the software running. I may try that while testing.

yeah good luck buddie

 

[Cragzman]

Right. After all the testing, it had turned out that the CPU voltage on my 3.9GHz clock needed upping a notch. It was stable on multiple tests in OCCT but wasn't enough voltage for Heaven for some bizarre reason. Just upped the voltage to 1.425v and the Corsair Link error went away and no artefacts. Still trying to get my head around this whole LLC lark on my mobo. The Intel LLC stuff looks so much better. Just an arse that the AM3 thing was made that way. Bahh!!