Koolance PC3-420SL User Manual

Superior Liquid Cooling Systems

INX-420 USER’S MANUAL

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GENERAL PRECAUTION

Please read this manual carefully before beginning the installation of your Koolance system. This manual assumes the user has basic experience in building and configuring computer systems. Information referring to traditional hardware assembly is intentionally brief.

ABOUT SIGNS Throughout this document, critical information is highlighted in gray-colored boxes. The following symbols are intended to prevent you from any situation which may cause personal injury and/or damage to equipment:

WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not

avoided, could result in personal injury or be life-threatening.

CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not

avoided, may result in damage to equipment.

PROHIBITED: Indicates a prohibited action.

PROHIBITED USE

This product is designed, developed and manufactured as contemplated for general use, including without limitation: general office use, personal use and household use, but is not designed, developed and manufactured as contemplated for use accompanying fatal risks or dangers that, unless extremely high safety is secured, could lead directly to death, personal injury, severe physical damage or other loss, including without limitation: nuclear power core control, airplane control, air traffic control, mass transport operation control, life support, or weapon launching control. If these products are used in such hazardous environments, Koolance Incorporated does not warrant them.

TRADEMARKS

The Koolance name and logo, and the Exos name and logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Koolance, Inc. Other company and product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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WARNING: The Koolance liquid & coolant pack contain chemicals

which may be harmful or fatal if swallowed. KEEP THIS AND ALL DANGEROUS CHEMICALS OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. If ingestion has occurred, seek medical attention immediately. Give two glasses of water. Do not induce vomiting. In the case of eye contact, flush eyes immediately with water for 15 minutes. Remove contact lenses. Call a physician if irritation persists. Some individuals may have an allergic skin reaction with the solution, although generally mild. Avoid contact as much as possible, and wash exposed area with soap and water for at least 15 minutes. If irritation persists, or if contact has been prolonged, get medical help. For further information, please visit our website at: www.koolance.com

CAUTION: Koolance Incorporated can not be held responsible for any damage to your system due to misconfiguration or incorrect installation. If there is any point of installation that you do not understand, please contact our Technical Support Staff at: tech@koolance.com, or visit our website at: www.koolance.com

CAUTION: Liquid cooling systems are not yet universally supported by hardware manufacturers. In some situations, adding liquid coolers and other components to computer hardware might void the manufacturer’s original warranty. Procedures which may impede on hardware warranty will be indicated in the manual by gray-colored Caution boxes. Installation of the device is ultimately done at the user’s own risk. If you have any specific questions on warranty coverage, please contact your component or computer manufacturer.

KOOLANCE CONTACT INFORMATION

Koolance Inc. (USA)

Address: 1111 344th St. Ste. 202, Federal Way, WA, USA 98003 Telephone: +01-253-839-8999 Fax: +01-253-839-3307 Sales Email: sales@koolance.com Tech Email: tech@koolance.com Web: www.koolance.com

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................ 1

INX-420 System Diagram ............................................................. 4

LED Display Panel ...................................................................... 5

Connecting INX-420 Systems ................................................................ 6

Power Control Board .................................................................... 7

ATX Power Switch ....................................................................... 7

Tubing & Liquid Coolers ............................................................... 8

Filling & Maintenance ........................................................................... 9

Testing & Filling ......................................................................... 10

Draining & Maintenance ............................................................ 12

Troubleshooting ...................................................................................... 13

Limited Warranty .................................................................................... 16

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Included Hardware

INX-420 Series Systems:

- ATX power jumper wire

- refill funnel

- liquid coolant mixture

- PVC tubing

- mounting brackets

- hose screws

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Required Tools

During the installation of your system and coolers, you may need the following tools:

flat-head screw driver

phillips-head screw driver

pliers

needle-nose pliers

scissors

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Introduction

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Congratulations on your purchase of a Koolance system!

As the most sophisticated product of its kind, Koolance offers many unique features found nowhere else in the realm of computer cooling. In addition, you can expect to enjoy all of the advantages that water-cooling technology brings with it.

Advantages of Water Cooling

Water transfers 30 times faster, and holds over 4 times more heat than air.

With this thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity, it’s easy to see why liquid cooling is getting a lot of attention from hardware manufacturers.

Heat-producing devices in a typical computer are cooled by air. Generally, this involves mounting a heat sink and fan to each component. For example, heat generated from your CPU is transferred into a metal heat sink, where a fan blows air across its wide surface area.

While altering a heat sink’s size and makeup can improve the effectiveness, it is still limited because air absorbs and transfers heat very slowly. To help compensate for this, the fan is often run at a higher speed. Many people have therefore come to equate high performance with high noise. As systems continued to be upgraded, the required heat sinks simply got larger and louder.

Liquid cooling greatly reduces the noise issue. A larger amount of heat is withdrawn from the components more quickly, and less airflow is required to cool them.

The heat exchanger is also located remotely from heat-producing devices, so airflow can be controlled. This considerably reduces dust accumulation on sensitive hardware and can result in a cleaner overall system.

Advantages of Koolance Systems

Koolance was the first company to offer fully-integrated, consumer-level PC liquid cooling systems to the world-wide market. Our products are designed and built to look and operate professionally. Installation of your Koolance system will probably be less difficult than assembling your own computer.

Koolance offers liquid coolers for every major hardware device. Providing enormous flexibility, you can customize your system to fit your specific needs— cool dual processors in a server, multiple hard drives in a RAID configuration, or add video cooling to a gaming rig.

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