Aqua Computer aquagraFX User manual

Installation and user manual aquagraFX for GTX 680, 03/2012
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Thank you for urchasing a gra hics card
waterblock manufactured by aqua com uter. The
aquagraFX for GTX 680 has been s ecifically
designed for gra hics cards according to reference
design of the chi manufacturer. The aquagraFX
for GTX 680 effectively cools the RAM, voltage
regulators and GPU of your gra hics card. The
base art of the waterblock is manufactured from
ure co er for outstanding erformance and
durability.
Installation
InstallationInstallation
Installation
Ste 1:
Remove the originally installed air cooling unit
from the gra hics card. The rocedure necessary
to erform this might slightly vary de ending on
the gra hics card. Some of the original screws use
a Torx drive, a suitable screw driver is included in
the delivery of the aquagraFX for GTX 680. Use
extreme caution not to damage any of the highly
sensitive com onents of the gra hics card!
Disconnect the fan connector while lifting the air
cooling unit off the gra hics card.
Ste 2:
Remove all thermally conductive ads from the
gra hics card and clean all surfaces with direct
contact to the cooling unit from remaining thermal
com ounds using benzine if necessary.
A ly a thin layer of thermal com ound to the
GPU and the RAM modules. These com onents
are marked red in the figure. The thermal
com ound must not be electrically conductive! Cut
fitting ieces from the thermally conductive ad
su lied with the aquagraFX and lace them on
to of the voltage regulators as indicated by green
rectangles.
Ste 3:
Attach the aquagraFX for GTX 680 to the gra hics
card. To do so, at first carefully and evenly screw
in the four screws adjacent to the GPU, afterwards
the remaining screws (eleven screws M3x4 mm).
Ste 4:
Carefully check that the waterblock has level
contact to all relevant com onents of the gra hics
card. Do not ower on the gra hics card or the
PC if the cooler does not erfectly fit the gra hics
card! In this case, disassemble and re eat the
mounting rocedure. All screws must not be overly
tightened to revent the PCB from twisting!
Ste 5:
Insert the gra hics card to your PC and integrate
the waterblock into your cooling system. Be sure
not to connect any waterblocks in arallel but only
consecutively. A detailed instruction on building a
watercooling system and lug&cool connectors as
well can be found on our website
www.aqua-com uter.de – lease check the section
su ort/download.
Ste 6:
Put the water cooling system into o eration, but do
not connect any other PC com onents to the
mains su ly! Check the waterblock as well as the
fittings for leakages and do not ut your PC into
o eration unless you can definitively eliminate the
ossibility of coolant leaking from the system! If
any com onent has been in contact with coolant,
do not ut it into o eration before it is com letely
dry again! For o erating the gra hics card, the
waterblock must be correctly mounted and be
connected to a water cooling system featuring
adequate cooling erformance! For corrosion
inhibition, either Double Protect Ultra or a mixture
of water and ACfluid according to the re aration
instructions rovided with ACfluid must be used as
coolant!
ATTENTION:
ATTENTION:ATTENTION:
ATTENTION:
Disregarding the instructions may lead to severe
Disregarding the instructions may lead to severeDisregarding the instructions may lead to severe
Disregarding the instructions may lead to severe
damages! Aqua Com uter GmbH & Co. KG
damages! Aqua Com uter GmbH & Co. KGdamages! Aqua Com uter GmbH & Co. KG
damages! Aqua Com uter GmbH & Co. KG
cannot be held liable for damages or injuries
cannot be held liable for damages or injuriescannot be held liable for damages or injuries
cannot be held liable for damages or injuries
resulting from im ro er installation or use of the
resulting from im ro er installation or use of theresulting from im ro er installation or use of the
resulting from im ro er installation or use of the
roduct!
roduct!roduct!
roduct!
Thank you again for choosing an aqua com uter
roduct.
© 2012 Aqua Com uter GmbH & Co. KG – Gelliehäuser Str. 1 – D-37130 Gleichen
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