CoolIT Systems

snuggles,

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As follows is the 'pump top up procedure'; this should only be done if you are out of warranty and you are topping up your unit as opposed to filling the unit from empty.

Remove the unit from your chassis and begin the fill process. Plug your unit into your power supply and confirm that the unit is off. There is a fill port located on your pump, this is the only port that does not have tubing coming out of it. Take off the fill cap that is on your pump's fill port; if you have a new style pump you may need to use a small hex key to push out the pin that is connecting the cap to the pump. Turn on the unit and wait for the pump to empty itself of coolant. Fill the pump up with distilled water or our coolant. Turn on the unit and wait for the pump to empty itself. Turn off the
unit. Fill the pump up with distilled water or coolant. Turn on the unit and wait for the pump to empty itself; the more coolant that is in
the machine the fuller the pump will remain after turning on the unit. Do this until the coolant is at the rim of your pump’s fill port. After you have accomplished this lightly tap and shake the unit in order to release any air pockets that could be trapped inside. All the air you release will come out of the pump’s fill port. You will not be able fill the unit perfectly full nor get all the air out of the unit. Once the unit is ‘full’ the pump will make ‘less’ of a vibration sound: this is a good indication that your job is well done.

In order to fill your unit from empty you may use some kind of reservoir to fill the unit up most of the way and then you may have to use the 'pump top up procedure'.

TheJon

Thanks for the reply Jon. Your method seems very good but I did what Karma suggested and repeated twice. He beat ya to the post! LOL Seems to have solved the noise problem. Is it possible to 'water proof electrical points and submerge entire unit in a pail of distilled water and run it with fill plug out, holding the fan above the water? That should get all the air out. It definitely seems to be air that is making the noise. It would be nice to get it as quiet as possible.

I bought a Coolit Freezone CPU Cooler 56W MTEC Based MAINTENANCE-FREE Liquid Cooling System AM2/S939/LGA775 in Sept/07. I am pretty sure I read somewhere prior to buying it, that it was really quiet. Wow, what an over statement. Mine was retardedly loud! Even the fan was really loud. It must have been a bad apple of the bunch. The pump failed in less than 10 hrs of initial operation. Damned near cooked the brand new E6850 that was behind it. I had to RMA it. I bought it through DirectCanada and wanted a replacement, not a refund, but they would only refund me the money. Kinda dumb on their part, because by that time, the unit was cheaper than what they refunded me. I would have gladly taken another, hoping to confirm the one I got may have been defective. The cooler worked very well at cooling the CPU (E6850 @ 4.2GB, 37deg C). But was really noisy, almost unacceptable. I was thinking there had to be something up. Before I had enough time to play with it and get it all figured out, the pump cratered and I had to RMA it. I now run at 3.87GB with a CoolIt Pure Cooler.

Unrelated question: I see ATI based GPU cooling, but not NVIDIA. I have a EVGA GTX295 and was thinking on some kind of CoolIt system. Not nessesarily to reach any stellar speeds with my GPU, but to get rid of the heat and noise my card generates. I want everything as silent as possible.

Thanks, 'rigger

You can always get them to custom plumb a system for you. That's what I did with my dual 4870 X2's. Talk to them about it and see what they can do. I'm glad I did because those cards would have been REALLY loud without the custom solution. Plus, if you utilize the MTEC controller and software, you can control the fan speed on your unit.

xmanrigger,

If you need to RMA one of our products and you are under warranty, you can always go through us directly. We have Nvidia GTX 295 water blocks available. They are difficult to install and there is a chance that you could damage your GTX 295, however if you are willing to accept all risk of installing the card, and want a do it yourself project then you may think about purchasing one. They are great water blocks and, depending on what you are using to water cool your GTX 295, it should run quieter and cooler.

TheJon

Thanks for the reply Jon,
What are the difficulties in installing the water block? Also, does it cool the entire card including memory? What is the cost in CDN $?

xmanrigger,

I am working on getting an installation manual together; should be ready soon. Yes the water blocks cools all essential video card components. The cost is $155 USD so if you bought it today the cost in Canadian dollars will be $170.35.

TheJon