So to start with the thing seems to be working fine. But in my device manager, I get an exclamation point next to the h115i. 
The first time i noticed it, it had the (!) so i checked the drivers. It had installed the H110 drivers (since it's a rebrand of the h110 i figured no problem, but it still had the (!))
So i tried updating the drivers thru device manager, and when that did'nt work i removed the drivers hoping it would try to require them. No such luck.
Now it just sits there with no driver, and an exclamation point beside it. Also installing Corsair link did not fix it, and CorsairLink wouldn't even find or recognize the H115I
 
Does this do the same to anyone else out there? How have you guys gotten it to work, or not show fault in device manager?
Will this affect the performance of the pump? I have heard if you don't get the drivers or corsair link to work the pump doesn't run full speed. Not sure if this is true.
 
The H115i is plugged into the aio header on my mother board, the sata connection is hooked up to PSU, the usb cable is hooked to the usb 2.0 header on my motherboard, 
and the fans are hooked to the cpu header and cpu opt header on my mother board. 
Any thoughts?
 
z370 Maximus X hero motherboard
intel 8700k cpu
 
 

not sure what the sms/mms is either
no driver for it
 

Ok so i updated motherboard bios last night, and tried reinstalling corsair link. It seemed to fix the driver problem, and corsair link finally recognized the aio
I could see that the pump was'nt running full speed like i thought it would kinda by default. So i set it to max at around 2800-2900rpm.
I see you said you don't even use the usb, what is your reported pump speed? Are you able to check or control the pump rpm?
I would be intrested to know if the pump speed changes with usb hooked up or left off. No usb mabey the pump runs full speed, but if it senses the usb plugged in it looks for software?
I noticed when in my bios the reported pump speed is around 1400rpm. If i install corsair link and set the pump to max or performance it shows it running at around 2800-2900rpm. 
I tried installing corsair link and setting the pump speed to max, when i checked the bios after this it still reports the pump running around 1400rpm.