All disclosures, notices and warranty conditions are being written on the back of the box.
Released on 22
th
of March, 2011.
Installation and mounting manual for EK-FC590 GTX water block
This product is intended for installation only by expert users. Please consult with a qualified technician for installation. Improper installation may result in damage to your equipment. EK Water Blocks assumes no liability
whatsoever, expressed or implied, for the use of these products, nor their installation. The following instructions are subject to change without notice. Please visit our web site at
Before installation of this product please read important notice, disclosure and warranty conditions printed on the back of the box.
The barb hose fittings require only a small amount of force to screw them in; otherwise the high flow fittings might break. These fittings do not need to be tightened with much force because the
liquid seal is made using o-rings.
STEP 1: GENERAL INFORMATION:
Sample picture of NVIDIA GeForce 590 GTX graphics card
STEP 2: PREPARING YOUR GRAPHIC CARD:
1. REMOVING STOCK COOLER: Remove the three
(3) encircled screws:
STEP 2 cont.: PREPARING YOUR GRAPHIC CARD:
1. cont.. REMOVING STOCK COOLER.
Remove all encircled screws also marked with
an arrow. All heat sink assembly screws should be removed. There are up 18 screws on
the back of the graphics card.
2. CLEANING THE PCB.
Carefully detach the original heat sink after removing all
fasteners securing it to the board and bracket. Wipe off the remains (by using non–
abrasive cloth or Q-tip, as shown on sample photo) of the original thermal
compound until the components and circuit board are completely clean. EKWB does
not recommend using any liquids for removing paste.
3. APPLYING THERMAL COMPOUND.
Apply thermal compound: lightly coat both GPUs
and bridge chip with for example Arctic Cooling MX-2 ™ or MX-4 ™ thermal. EKWB
recommends to apply thermal grease in cross form for best performance (see sample
picture). On a smaller chip die such as NF200 apply proportionally smaller amount.
4. CUTTING THERMAL PADS.
Your block comes with thermal pads, some of which
are already pre-cut. Others have to be cut to smaller chunks in order to cover all the
VRM components (PLEASE REMOVE FOIL ON BOTH SIDES OF THERMAL PADS
PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. WARNING: DIMENSION BELLOW ARE SCALED).
5. PLACING THERMAL PADS ON PCB. Place thermal pads on chips so that
numbers on chips match size of thermal pads. Thermal pad number 1, 2 and 3
will have to be cut by user to match all small power regulation chips (EKWB made
sure users have more than enough pads to cover all surfaces that need to be
covered to make block fully function). You can also use small drop of thermal
grease on chips to make thermal pads more adhesive.
6. PLACING STANDOFFS ON BLOCK. Standoffs are obligatory to make this
block fully functional. Please use small amount of thermal grease on
standoffs and glue them so they are concentric with mounting holes. Once
they are stuck to block be careful not to move them.
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Thickness 1.5 mm
Thickness 1mm
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Thickness 1mm
(for memory)
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We
highly recommend
using
small droplets of electrically
non-conductive thermal grease
over each phase regulator!
Placing the standoffs:
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