aquacomputer Installation and user manual kryographics for GTX 980, 10/2014

Description
Thank you for purchasing a graphics card water block manufactured by aqua computer. The
kryographics for GTX 980 has been specifically designed for graphics cards according to refer-
ence design of the chip manufacturer. The kryographics for GTX 980 effectively cools the RAM,
voltage regulators and GPU of your graphics card. The base part of the water block is manufac-
tured from pure copper for outstanding performance and durability.
Installation
Step 1:
Remove the originally installed air cooling unit and back plate from the graphics card. Use ex-
treme caution not to damage any of the highly sensitive components of the graphics card! Dis-
connect the fan connector while lifting the air cooling unit off the graphics card.
Step 2:
Remove all thermally conductive pads from the graphics card and clean all surfaces with direct
contact to the cooling unit from remaining thermal compounds using benzine if necessary.
Apply a thin layer of thermal compound to the GPU and the RAM modules. These components
are marked red in the figure. The thermal compound must not be electrically conductive! Cut fit-
ting pieces from the thermally conductive pads supplied with the kryographics and place them on Step 4:
top of the components as indicated by green rectangles. Carefully check that the water block has level contact to all relevant components of the graphics
card. Do not power on the graphics card or the PC if the cooler does not perfectly fit the graph-
ics card! In this case, disassemble and repeat the mounting procedure. All screws must not be
overly tightened to prevent the PCB from twisting!
Step 5:
Insert the graphics card to your PC and integrate the water block into your cooling system. Be
sure not to connect any water blocks in parallel but only consecutively. A detailed instruction on
building a water cooling system and plug&cool connectors as well can be found on our website
www.aqua-computer.de – please check the section support/download.
Step 6:
Put the water cooling system into operation, but do not connect any other PC components to the
mains supply! Check the water block as well as the fittings for leakages and do not put your PC
into operation unless you can definitively eliminate the possibility of coolant leaking from the sys-
tem! If any component has been in contact with coolant, do not put it into operation before it is
completely dry again! For operating the graphics card, the water block must be correctly mount-
Step 3:
ed and be connected to a water cooling system featuring adequate cooling performance! For
Attach the kryographics for GTX 980 to the graphics card. To do so, at first carefully and evenly
corrosion inhibition, either Double Protect Ultra or a mixture of water and ACfluid according to
screw in the screws indicated by red circles ind the figure (five screws M3x4 mm). Place two strips
the preparation instructions provided with ACfluid must be used as coolant!
of foamed rubber in the positions indicated by yellow stripes in the figure. Place one black plastic
spacer onto each position marked by a green circle. Place the stainless steel back plate on top of
ATTENTION:
the foamed rubber strips and spacers and use six screws M3 x 10 mm with six white plastic wash-
Disregarding the instructions may lead to severe damages! Aqua Computer GmbH & Co. KG
ers for fixation (green circles in the figure). Use two screws M3 x 6 mm and ttwo M3 nuts to se-
cannot be held liable for damages or injuries resulting from improper installation or use of the
cure the positions marked by blue circles.
product!
Thank you again for choosing an aqua computer product.

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