VapoChill CPU Cooling System Complete Installation manual

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VapoChillTM CPU Cooling System
- LightSpeed [AC]TM
© asetek Inc.
Complete Installation manual
Date
Version
01-04-2004
1.0
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Installing the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]TM
Preparing the case
Step 1
Figure 1
Install the supplied template on the bottom of your case. Install it so that
the centerline is aligned with the center of your case, and with the front
end aligning with the front of your case. To prevent the template to
move during the work on your case, use pieces of tape to hold it in
place.
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Step 2
Figure 2
Drill four Ø10mm mounting holes in the bottom of the case. The holes
are marked on the template.
Step 3
Figure 4
Figure 3
Cut away the piece marked on the template. This is where the
Evaporator hose will enter the case.
Start by drilling a hole in the two inside corners, to get the rounding.
Then cut between the holes, along the line on the template. Also cut
from the side of the case and to the holes, to get the entire marked
area removed.
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Figure 5
The case is now ready to be installed on the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]TM.
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Installing the case on the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]TM
Step 1
TM
Place the case on top of the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]
.
Step 2
Figure 6
TM
Mount the case on top of the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]
the four supplied thumb screws.
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Installing the CPU-kit
Installing the Back Plate.
Step 1
Figure 7
Remove the protective paper from the back of the MotherBoard Back
Insulation.
Step 2
Figure 8
Place the MotherBoard Back Insulation on the MotherBoard Back
Plate. Ensure that the grooves around the holes on the Back Plate are
facing towards the Insulation.
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Step 3
Figure 9
Remove the protective paper from the MotherBoard Heat Element.
Step 4
Figure 10
Place the MotherBoard Heat Element on the MotherBoard Back
Insulation.
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Step 5
A
B
B
A
Figure 11
Place one spacer in each of the holes used when installing the Back
Plate on the MotherBoard.
The holes marked “A” are used with Intel S478 MotherBoards.
The holes marked “B” are used with AMD S754/S940 MotherBoards.
Step 6
Figure 12
Place the MotherBoard on top of the insulated Back Plate. Position
the MotherBoard so that the four installation holes are directly above
those in the Back Plate.
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Step 7
Figure 13
Install a Washer on the Guides.
Step 8
Figure 14
Install the Guides in the Back Plate, through the MotherBoard. Tighten
the Guides till the Spacers touch the backside of the MotherBoard.
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Step 9
Figure 15
The four Guides have now been installed.
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Preparing the Socket (Optional but highly recommended)
Step 1
Figure 16
Apply some of the supplied Heat Conduction Compound on the
components inside the socket. Make sure that they are well covered.
Put some of the supplied Heat Conduction Compound on the socket,
where the CPU pins will be.
!! ATTENTION !!
Do ONLY use the Heat Conduction Compound supplied by
Asetek Inc. in the socket. Other Heat Conduction Compounds
may be electrically conductive and therefore cause shortcuts in
the Socket, damaging the hardware.
!! ATTENTION !!
Step 2
Figure 17
Figure 18
Spread out the Heat Conduction Compound with the supplied Heat
Conduction Applier.
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Step 3
Figure 20
Figure 19
Insert the CPU in the Socket and take it back out again, and check
that all the pins have been covered with Heat Conduction Compound.
Also cover the components in the center of the CPU with a layer of
Heat Conduction Compound.
If the pins and other components are not covered, there is a risk of
corrosion, if it should happen that a little air should get to the socket.
Step 4
Figure 21
Insert the Socket Insulation in the hole in the center of the Socket.
Install the CPU in the Socket.
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Installing the MotherBoard in the Case
Step 1
Figure 22
Install the MotherBoard in the Case.
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Installing the Insulation on the MotherBoard
Step 1
Figure 23
Cut the Bottom Insulation to fit on the MotherBoard.
The Insulation has been made to fit MotherBoards, no matter how the
Socket is oriented.
Step 2
Figure 24
Place the Bottom Insulation on the MotherBoard, with the self
adhesive side facing up.
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Step 3
Figure 25
Place the Top Insulation on top of the Bottom Insulation. The two are
now connected by the self adhesive on the Bottom Insulation.
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Assembling the Clamshell
Step 1
Figure 26
Remove the protective paper from the Clamshell Heat Element.
Step 2
Figure 27
Fold the Clamshell Heat Element to fit inside the Clamshell.
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Step 3
Figure 28
Install the Clamshell Heat Element inside the Clamshell, using the self
adhesive on the Clamshell Heat Element.
Make sure that the Clamshell Heat Element is following the faces
inside the Clamshell. If there is air between the Clamshell and the
Heat Element in the edges, then it will be difficult to install the inserts
later in this assembly.
Pull the wires out through the hole in the top of the Clamshell.
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Step 4
Figure 29
Pull the piece of the Clamshell Heat Element where the wires are
connected back into the Clamshell, to give room for the Evaporator to
pass through the hole in the top of the Clamshell.
Push the Evaporator through the hole in the Clamshell.
Step 5
Figure 30
Pull the piece of the Clamshell Heat Element where the wires are
connected back up in the hole, in the top of the Clamshell.
Insert the insulation hose into the hole in the top of the Clamshell.
Only insert the hose till it fills the hole in the top of the Clamshell.
Make sure that it sits plane with the inside face of the Clamshell.
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Step 6
Figure 31
While holding the Insulation hose and the Clamshell fixed, pull the
Evaporator clear, till it’s possible to place the two Top Inserts between
the Evaporator and the Clamshell.
Step 7
Figure 32
While holding the Insulation Hose and the Clamshell fixed, to ensure
that the Insulation Hose stays in place inside the Clamshell, push the
Evaporator and the Top inserts into the Clamshell.
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Step 8
Figure 33
Insert the Bottom Insert inside the Clamshell.
Check that the Evaporator is protruding out from the Bottom Insert
app. 2mm.
Step 9
Figure 34
The Clamshell is now assembled and ready to be installed on the
CPU.
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Applying thermal paste on the CPU
Step 1
Figure 35
Apply some Heat Conduction Compound on top of the CPU.
Step 2
Figure 36
Spread out the Heat Conduction Compound in an even thin layer.
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Installing the Evaporator on the CPU
Step 1
Figure 37
Slide the Clamshell over the Guides.
Step 2
Figure 38
Put the Springs on the Guides.
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Step 3
Figure 39
Put one Washer on each Thumb Screw.
Step 4
Figure 40
Install a Thumb Screw in each Guide. Tighten the Thumb Screws one
turn one by one till they are all touching the top of the Guides.
Step 5
Figure 41
Uninstall the Clamshell and Check for a full imprint of the CPU on the
Evaporator, to see if there is good contact.
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Getting power to the Cooling Unit
Step 1
Figure 42
Connect the Hermaphrodite Power Connector from the VapoChill
LightSpeed [AC]TM to the Power Supply.
Connect the normal AC Power Connector to the Hermaphrodite
Power Connector.
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Installing the ChillControl
Step 1
Figure 7 (differences might occur in design)
!! ATTENTION !!
Do NOT power on the system (i.e. ChillControl or PC) before
everything is connected properly.
Do NOT connect any cables when power is supplied to the
system.
Always turn on power to the VapoChill LightSpeed system before
turning on the computers PSU. Some computers may start once
power to the PSU is applied thus starting the system unintended.
If this happens the ChillControl will try to shut down the computer
by holding down the POWER button until the motherboard shuts
down.
!! ATTENTION !!
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Step 2
Figure 43
Please make sure that the jumper selector located near
TEMP1 is set to NTC resistor measurements.
1-2
NTC sensor
3-4
Pt1000 sensor
(not applicable in this version)
!! ATTENTION !!
Do NOT use TEMP1 with the VapoChill Lightspeed cooling
system. This connector is reserved for the evaporator
temperature sensor. Using this will result in false temperature
readings.
!! ATTENTION !!
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Step 3
Figure 44
Connect one of the HDD cables from your PSU to the “AUX
5V / 12V” connector on the ChillControl.
Step 4
Figure 45
The black cable coming from the cooling unit is the control
cable responsible for relay, condenser / exhaust fan and
evaporator sensor signalling. The cable is mounted on the
“CC3 cable connect” connector. The red wire aligns with pin1
marked with a small triangle.
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Step 5
Figure 46
The ribbon cable coming from the cooling unit is the link to the
LCD display in the front. The red wire is to be aligned with
pin1 (marked as a small triangle) on the “LCD Display”
connector
Step 6
Figure 47
Connect the heating elements on one of the “Heater”
connectors on the ChillControl board. These connectors can
also be used as fan controllers without tacho signals.
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Step 7
Figure 48
The blue / white twisted cable connect on your motherboards
power switch connector and to the “PowerMB” connector on
the ChillControl.
Mount your power switch connector (from your case) on the
“PowerSW” connector on the ChillControl board.
Step 8
Figure 49
The USB cable mounts on the “USB” connector. Red wire
aligns with pin1. The other end of the cable is mounted on an
internal motherboard USB connector. Red wire aligns with
pin1 / Vbus (consult your motherboard manual if you are in
doubt).
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Step 9
Default
settings
Figure 50
Should it happen that you alter the security settings so that
the system will not boot etc. it is possible to return to default
settings.
Short-circuiting the connectors for TEMP2, TEMP3 and
TEMP4 loads the default settings into the controller again.
This needs to be done with the processor receiving power –
indicating by the blue LED on the controller.
After loading the default settings, be sure to remove the
jumpers again – otherwise your system will run the default
settings and user settings simultaneously causing strange
behaviour.
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Starting up the system
Step 1
Power
ON
Figure 51
During PC power off the display will show the above information
“VapoChill LightSpeed by asetek Inc.).
Press the power button (on your case) for 1 second to start up
the system.
Figure 52
While the compressor is cooling down to the user-defined start
up temperature the above information will be shown. The
temperature displayed is accurate within +/- 2°C and is only
shown as a guideline for the time remaining until start up.
Figure 53
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After passing the start up temperature the ChillControl device
awaits a connection to the VapoChill Control Panel software. The
“Waiting for USB link” message will be on the display until the
VapoChill Control Panel Windows software is installed and
running.
Figure 54
Once the VapoChill Control Panel is installed and running you
can select a variety of different views and the temperature
displayed becomes more accurate…
Figure 55
… or you can create your own text and still show important
system information.
For displaying temperature readings line 2 should contain ONLY
say TEMP1 when display the evaporator temperature.
TEMPx
FANx
Readings for temperature output x
Readings for fan tacho output x
Note: You can only show ONE reading when you create your
own display texts.
Power
OFF
You can use two different approaches: 1) press the POWER
button for more approx. 1 sec. or 2) shut down the system from
the “Start” menu.
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Step 3
Go to asetek.com and download the newest manual and read it
thoroughly.
Step 4
Go to asetek.com and download the newest VapoChill Control
Panel and install it on your PC.
Step 5
Do some serious overclocking!
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Installing the VapoChill Control Panel
Step 1
Figure 56
Download the latest version of the VapoChill Control Panel from
support section at www.asetek.com’s.
Step 2
Figure 57
Unzip the file and install the software
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Step 3
Figure 58
Make sure the device is connected to the USB bus on your
motherboard or you will get an error message when you try to
open the software.
Step 4
Figure 59
Additional help is available when you hold the cursor over an
item in the software.
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Installing the drivers
Step 1
Figure 60
The ChillControl connects automatically to your operating system
and is at first detected as a generic “USB Human Interface
Device”. The system can be run “as is” with no installation of
additional device drivers, but it is recommended to use the INF
file enclosed with the software package.
Step 2
Figure 61
Choose to manually install the software and click “ Next > “.
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Step 3
Figure 62
Select “Don’t search… I will choose the driver to install” and click
“ Next > “.
Step 4
Figure 63
Click “Have Disk…” and select the device driver (INF file) located
in the installation directory of the VapoChill Control Panel USB
software.
Select the “VapoChill Control Panel (HID)” device driver and click
“ Next > ”.
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Step 5
Figure 64
Click “Finish” to complete the hardware update.
Step 6
Figure 65
After the completion of the driver installation your ChillControl will
be identified as “VapoChill Control Panel (HID)” under “Human
Interface Devices”.
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How to get support
Should it happen that something is missing or not functioning properly, we
recommend you follow the 4 steps outlined below. Due to the vast number of
e-mails received every day, the guidelines will help you with a fast and
effective support.
Step 1 Contact your point of sale (i.e. reseller or web-shop)
Our authorized resellers have the most common accessories in-stock.
All initial questions should be directed to your local reseller.
Step 2 Check the on-line information database via asetek.com
By accessing the VapoChill Support Forum at forum.vapochill.com you
will gain access to the largest on-line resource dealing the tweaking of
system and possible answers to your questions.
Our FAQ gives answers to the most general questions asked.
Step 3 Contact our Support Engineers via asetek.com
We have a trained staff of highly skilled engineers who are waiting to
solve your problems. Use our on-line support form to contact our
support engineers and they will contact you asap (within our business
hours only; 8am to 4pm GMT +01:00).
Note! Tweaking problems will not be addressed, as the number of
configuration possibilities is too big.
Step 4 Provide feedback
We cannot improve our end-user support unless someone gives us
feedback! What would be more appropriate than letting our end-users
provide us with this? Send us your feedback to [email protected].
When contacting the asetek support department please make sure that you
have the VapoChill serial number at hand.
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