CoolerMaster AquaGate Watercooling System - Page 3
Posted by Chris on 10 October 2004 (51555 views) Rating: 3.19
Once the thermal probe has been put in place as above you can then begin to attach the water block and retention module to the CPU, leave the end of the thermal probe cable till later as this will then be connected to the supplied PCI card.
The water block and retention module is then placed over the CPU, once this is done then with the four provided spring screws fasten the block to the back plate which was installed to the bottom of the motherboard.
Fitting the unit is faily simple, just a matter of placing it over the CPU and ensuring the spring loaded screws are secured.
Once this is done its time to install the PCI Card. The PCI card is used to not only pass the water cables through the inside of your machine to the external chassis but also has connections for the display unit and the system auto shutoff. For our installation we have decided to install the Aquagate externally for the machine basically due to the fact it takes up two 5 1/4 drives which we simply did not have available, luckily though the supplied equipment caters for both installs.
The PCI card needs to be fitted in a way that the water tubes can face outwards of your pc case. We then connected the D Bus cable to the PCI card, in this instance we used the one for external installation however Coolermaster have provided D Bus cables for both internal and external installations.
Now the thermal sensor which was inserted onto the CPU can be plugged into the connection on the PCI card. The shutdown sensor must then be connected onto your PC casing's power switch and then using the Y connector. The shutdown sensor is used to basically turn off your machine in the case that coolant is low, water temperature is too high or your CPU is too hot (with the installation of the thermal sensor).
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