STEP 3: PREPARING YOUR WATER BLOCK
1. ATTACHING STANDOFFS. Apply small amount of thermal grease around mounting holes
and place acetal standoffs (thickness 2,5 mm) so the holes are concentric. Thermal paste
provides enough adhesive force for standoffs to stay in a place.
2. PLACING BLOCK OVER GPU. Place the motherboard on the inverted water
block or vice versa and attach it with enclosed screws as shown. Make sure that
mounting holes are aligned.
STEP 4: ATTACHING BLOCK TO MOTHERBOARD
1. MOUNTING THE BLOCK. For perfect thermal contact, the block does not use a spring mounting system; therefore when attaching be very careful to tighten all screws equally.
Tightening the screws beginning in the center of the block near the northbridge, and continue evenly outwards. Do not use too much pressure on
screws, because motherboard might bend and either cause bad contact with water block, or break a connection on the board.
Use the enclosed screws and washers as shown in diagram below:
STEP 5: CHECKING FOR CONTACTS
Temporarily remove the water block to check for uniform surface contact between the block and the components. Note the pattern of contact on a piece of paper. Then repeat
steps 3 and 4 to reattach the block applying more or less pressure to the areas where you have found it necessary.
STEP 6: POSITIONING FITTINGS AND CONNECTING TO WATER CIRCUIT
1.Screw in fittings as shown in photo, attach the liquid cooling tubes and connect the water-block(s) into the cooling circuit. The EK-FB ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA series
are usually sold with high flow fittings. To ensure that the tubes are securely attached to the barb fittings, please use hose clamps or an appropriate substitute. The use of an
algaecide is always recommended for any liquid cooling system.
You can use any hole as an inlet/outlet hole. Please make sure spacer in installed in hole as shown bellow.
REQUIRED TOOLS AND MOUNTING SCREWS:
scissors
philips screwdriver
6 screws M3x6 DIN7985
All
disclosures,
notices
and
warranty
conditions
are
being
written
on
the
back
of
the
box.
Released
on
7
th
of
August,
2009.
Fitting/barb
Spacer
Washer
M3x6 screw
washer
Please use the enclosed insulating
washers on all M3x6mm screws.
