Ah sorry I should be more clear.
What happens depends on the software that's running. With the OEM TT RGB Plus, what happens is that occasionally there is a pop up that says "WARNING CONTROLLER NO. 1":
This was pretty unhelpful.
Fortunately, when running with MoshiMoshi's version (found here https://github.com/MoshiMoshi0/TTController) provided a much more useful debug console.
The error that happens is that ports seem to go haywire. Here's what the log looks like when it's running normally:
11:07:33.8127: ================================================================
11:07:38.8328: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 591, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 581, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 585, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 575, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 0, Rpm: 587, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 0, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:07:38.8378: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 30.25546
11:07:38.8378: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 26
Notice that PortIDs are 1-3.
Running AIDA64 doesn't seem to cause any issues until a write is attempted to set the fan speed on one of those ports. As soon as the temperature starts to rise and the software tried to set the fan speeds, the PortIDs start getting the wrong numbers:
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 60, Rpm: 861, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 583, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 581, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 585, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 583, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 27, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:10:02.0774: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 49.43096
11:10:02.0774: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 60, Rpm: 1071, Unknown: 255]
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 36, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 4, Speed: 60, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 255]
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:07.0875: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 580, Unknown: 255]
11:10:07.0875: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 49.6272
11:10:07.0875: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:12.0875: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:17.5477: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 628, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 582, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 702, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 581, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 50.28944
11:10:17.5623: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 816, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 628, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 582, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 702, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 581, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5623: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:10:17.5724: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 50.28944
11:10:17.5724: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 36, Rpm: 615, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 36, Rpm: 592, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 580, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 35, Rpm: 641, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 584, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:10:22.0890: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 50.85889
11:10:22.0890: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:27.0825: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 44, Rpm: 644, Unknown: 255]
11:10:29.9383: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:29.9383: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:29.9383: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 65, Rpm: 821, Unknown: 255]
11:10:29.9383: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:29.9383: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:29.9383: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 51.20369
11:10:29.9383: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
11:10:32.0775: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 65, Rpm: 821, Unknown: 255]
11:10:32.0775: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:32.0775: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 578, Unknown: 255]
11:10:32.0882: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 252, Speed: 0, Rpm: 0, Unknown: 0]
11:10:32.0882: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 583, Unknown: 255]
11:10:32.0882: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 600, Unknown: 255]
11:10:32.0882: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 51.35071
11:10:32.0882: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 27
This causes the fan speeds to be reset to zero on the fans that have the wrong port numbers.
Here's what it looks like with the "low-level senors" unchecked (i.e. correct behavior):
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 20, Rpm: 596, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 588, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 20, Rpm: 576, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 595, Unknown: 255]
11:12:14.1216: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 43.31271
11:12:14.1216: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.44933
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 36, Rpm: 610, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 36, Rpm: 602, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 581, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 592, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:19.1251: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 52.72622
11:12:19.1251: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.06081
11:12:24.1172: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 44, Rpm: 642, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1172: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 44, Rpm: 632, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1248: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 588, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1248: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 586, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1248: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1248: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 590, Unknown: 255]
11:12:24.1248: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 51.83975
11:12:24.1248: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.00823
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 60, Rpm: 814, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 60, Rpm: 802, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 584, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 588, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 597, Unknown: 255]
11:12:29.1226: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 51.60801
11:12:29.1226: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.00111
11:12:34.1086: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1038, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1086: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1020, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1086: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 582, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1086: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 588, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1187: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 580, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1187: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 598, Unknown: 255]
11:12:34.1187: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 52.34566
11:12:34.1187: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.00015
11:12:39.1226: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1148, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1226: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1126, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1347: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 582, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1347: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1347: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 578, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1347: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 592, Unknown: 255]
11:12:39.1525: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 51.97122
11:12:39.1525: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.00002
11:12:44.1225: Port [9802, 8101, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1159, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1225: Port [9802, 8101, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 65, Rpm: 1139, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1225: Port [9802, 8102, 3] data: [PortId: 3, Speed: 20, Rpm: 580, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1225: Port [9802, 8101, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 33, Rpm: 589, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1225: Port [9802, 8102, 1] data: [PortId: 1, Speed: 28, Rpm: 578, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1362: Port [9802, 8102, 2] data: [PortId: 2, Speed: 28, Rpm: 597, Unknown: 255]
11:12:44.1362: Sensor "/intelcpu/0/temperature/4" value: 52.12798
11:12:44.1362: Sensor "/nvidiagpu/0/temperature/0" value: 28.00001
Let me know if you need more information.
I'm guessing the issue is that the controllers get confused when accepting commands from multiple different sources.