Plugging in or removing external USB devices crashes Fan Control

[ottottottotto]

I get the following error roughly once every second in CorsairLink.log until I manage to kill it whenever I try to plug in or remove external USB devices of any kind. Xbox 360 gamepad, my phone, even my earbuds, doesn't matter what it is. Sometimes I can kill Fan Control and restart it and it works fine, sometimes my mouse pointer will just vanish and I have to restart my PC for it to show up again.

2026-02-08T19:44:03.9990743Z [ERR] iCUE LINK System Hub (FE260A8A181B1650A7132F52F5E18722): An error occurred refreshing device 'iCUE LINK System Hub (FE260A8A181B1650A7132F52F5E18722)' (\?\hid#vid_1b1c&pid_0c3f&mi_00#b&3838f248&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030})

Type: System.IO.IOException
Message: Operation failed early: The device is not connected
Source: HidSharp
HResult: -2146232800
Stack Trace:
at HidSharp.Platform.Windows.NativeMethods.OverlappedOperation(IntPtr ioHandle, IntPtr eventHandle, Int32 eventTimeout, IntPtr closeEventHandle, Boolean overlapResult, NativeOverlapped* overlapped, UInt32& bytesTransferred)
at HidSharp.Platform.Windows.WinHidStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
at HidSharp.HidStream.Read()
at CorsairLink.Hid.HidSharpDeviceProxy.ExecuteWithReconnect(Action2 streamAction, HidStream& stream, Byte[] buffer) at CorsairLink.Hid.HidSharpDeviceProxy.ClearEnqueuedReports() at CorsairLink.Hid.HidSharpDeviceProxy.Write(Byte[] buffer) at CorsairLink.Devices.ICueLink.ICueLinkHubDevice.Write(Byte[] buffer) at CorsairLink.Devices.ICueLink.ICueLinkHubDevice.SendCommand(ReadOnlySpan1 command, ReadOnlySpan1 data, ReadOnlySpan1 waitForDataType)
at CorsairLink.Devices.ICueLink.ICueLinkHubDevice.ReadFromEndpoint(ReadOnlySpan1 endpoint, ReadOnlySpan1 dataType)
at CorsairLink.Devices.ICueLink.ICueLinkHubDevice.RefreshImpl(Boolean initialize)
at CorsairLink.Devices.ICueLink.ICueLinkHubDevice.Refresh(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at FanControl.CorsairLink.CorsairLinkPlugin.<>c__DisplayClass45_1.b__0()
Inner Exception:
Type: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
Message: The device is not connected
Source:
HResult: -2147467259
ErrorCode: -2147467259
NativeErrorCode: 1167
Stack Trace:

[ottottottotto]

After some further testing it seems it only happens with one specific USB-C cable.