STEP 3: PREPARING YOUR WATER BLOCK
1. ATTACHING STANDOFFS. Apply small amount of thermal grease around mounting holes and
place acetal standoffs on NB/SB block (thickness 2,1 mm) so the holes are concentric. Thermal
paste provides enough adhesive force for standoffs to stay in a place for easier installation.
2. PLACING BLOCK OVER GPU. Place the motherboard on the inverted
water blocks or vice versa and attach them 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. Block was tested on physical hardware. Due to height variations of chipset some differences may occur. In case you have problem with block
contacts please write to our support mail.
STEP 6: POSITIONING FITTINGS AND CONNECTING TO WATER CIRCUIT
1. Screw in fittings as shown in picture, attach the liquid cooling tubes and connect the water-block(s) into the cooling circuit. The EK-FB GA X58 UD7 series are not 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.
REQUIRED TOOLS AND MOUNTING SCREWS:
scissors
philips screwdriver
6 screws M3x6 DIN7985
6 screws M2,5x6 DIN7985
Use M2,5x6 screws for mosfet
block.
Use M3x6 screws for NB/SB
block.
Fitting
All
disclosures,
notices
and
warranty
conditions
are
being
written
on
the
back
of
the
box.
Released
on
4
th
of
January,
2010.