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H20-220 COMPACT

INSTALLATION GUIDE

GUIDE D’INSTALLATION

MONTAGEANLEITUNG

GUÍA DE INSTALACIÓN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE DES MATIERES

INHALTSVERZEICHNIS

CONTENIDO

1/ SYSTEM OVERVIEW………………………………………………………….
2/ PREPARING FOR INSTALATION……………….…………………………..
3/ RADBOX & RADIATOR INSTALLATION……………………………….…...
4/ SYSTEM INSTALLATION……………………………………………………..
5/ FILLING UP AND TESTING THE SYSTEM…………………………………
6/ FINALISING INSTALLATION………………………….………………………
7/ ELECTICAL CONNECTIONS & PRODUCT USAGE……………………….
8/ ADDING VGA COOLING & OTHER DEVICES TO THE LOOP…………...
9/ OTHER SWIFTECH LIQUID COOLING PRODUCTS………………………

10/ SUPPLEMENTAL AMD® INSTALLATION GUIDE ……………….……....

1/ INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………….……

2/ OPERATIONS PREALABLES ……………………………………………......

3/ INSTALLATION DE L’ADAPTATEUR RADBOX ET DU RADIATEUR …..
4/ INSTALLATION DU SYSTEM DE REFROIDISSEMENT ………………….
5/ REMPLISSAGE ET TEST DU SYSTEM DE REFROIDISSMENT………...
6/ INSTALLATION FINALE .……………………………………………………...
7/ CONNEXIONS ELECTRIQUES ET UTILISATION DU PRODUIT ………..
8/ INTEGRER UN REFROISSEMENT GRAPHIQUE………………………….
9/ AUTRES PRODUITS DE REFROIDISSEMENT LIQUIDE SWIFTECH…..
10/ GUIDE D’INSTALLATION SUPPLEMENTAIRE POUR AMD®…………..

1/EINLEITUNG…………………………..…………………………..……………..
2/VORHERIGEVORBEREITUNGEN…………………………..………………..

3/ RADBOX UND RADIATOR INSTALLATION…………………………..…....

4/ INSTALLATION VON DEM FLÜßIGKÜHLSYSTEM………………………..
5/ FÜLLEN UND TESTEN DAS FLÜßIGKÜHLSYSTEM ……………………..
6/ LETZTE INSTALLATION……………………………………………………….
7/ ANSCHLUSSE UND DAS SYSTEM BENUTZEN…………………………..
8/ EIN GPU-GRAFIKKARTENKÜHLER (UND/ODER CHIPSATZ KÜHLER)
IN DEM FLÛßIGKÛHLSYSTEM INTEGRIEREN ……………………………..
9/ SWIFTECH OPTIONEN……………………………..…………………………
10/ MONTAGEANLEITUNG FÜR AMD® SOCKEL……………………………

1/ INTRODUCCIÓN ……………………………………………………………….

2/ OPERACIONES PREVIAS …………………………………………………....

3/ INSTALACIÓN DEL ADAPTADOR RADBOX Y DEL RADIATEUR ………
4/ INSTALACIÓN DEL SISTEMA DE ENFRIAMIENTO ………………………
5/ LLENADO Y TEST DEL SISTEMA DE ENFRIAMIENTO………………….
6/ INSTALACIÓN FINAL………………………………………………………….
7/ CONNEXIONES ELÉCTRICAS Y UTILIZACIÓN DEL PRODUCTO……..
8/ INTEGRAR EL ENFRIAMIENTO GRÁFICO (Y/O CHIPSET) ……………
9/ OTROS PRODUCTOS DE ENFRIAMIENTO LÍQUIDO SWIFTECH…..…
10/ GUÍA DE INSTALACIÓN SUPLEMENTARIA PARA AMD®. ……………

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Installation Guide

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of a Swiftech® H20-220 COMPACT Liquid Cooling System!
While all attempts have been made to make the installation of this system user friendly, please
note that this system is intended for users that are well versed in installing computer components.

General guidelines

 Please read this guide carefully and entirely before you start the installation.
 Never work with electricity connected to the computer while work is in progress.
 During installation the motherboard must remain disconnected from the power-supply at all

times.

 In case of a spill or leak on the motherboard, do not panic! As long as the motherboard is not

electrically connected, no harm is done. You must however thoroughly dry the exposed area,
using a hair dryer for example, and wait a minimum of 6 to 8 hours prior to re-connecting the
motherboard to its power source.

What is needed for the installation that is

• ½ Liter (½ qt) of distilled water (use of
distilled water is mandatory) to mix the
coolant.

• A power supply tester (or a simple paper
clip) to start-up the power supply without
connecting it to the motherboard.

• Rubbing Alcohol or electronic degreaser
for cleaning purposes.

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A typical CPU cooling installation is presented below. The included “Radbox” allows an easy
installation with a majority of mid and full tower cases by locating the oversized radiator at the back
of the chassis, thus optimizing cooling performance while leaving plenty of clearance for all the I/O
cables.

H20-220 Compact

not included in the kit?

• A pair of scissors to cut the tubing.

• A flat and a Philips screw drivers to fasten

the components.

• A pair of long nose pliers to fasten the hose
clamps.

• A 9/16 “deep” socket (14mm) to fasten the
fittings (preferred but not mandatory).

Radiator

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“Radbox”

Apogee

Drive

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AMD® systems: the Apogee™ Drive is pre-assembled for installation with Intel® socket 775
compatible motherboards. Please refer to the Apogee™ Drive AMD® supplemental installation
guide (page 8) prior to proceeding hereafter.

SETTING UP THE APOGEE DRIVE WITH
INTEL® SYSTEMS

Peel-off the protective paper from the back­plate stickers, and press the back-plate in place
behind the motherboard socket, then install the
motherboard inside of the case following
manufacturer instructions.

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Radbox installation
In order to attach the Radbox to the back of the case and whenever possible you should utilize the
existing holes used for fastening the computer exhaust fan to the case. The existing exhaust fan
can stay in place; simply replace its fasteners by the longer screws provided with your kit in the
Radbox hardware pack. We show an example using a 120mm fan below. The Radbox can also be
used with 92, 80, and even 60mm hole patterns and adjusted as shown on page 3.

Mix the supplied bottle of Hydrx concentrated

coolant to ½ Liter (½ qt) of distilled water.

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1. Insert the provided screws thru the fan and
case, and fasten with the provided threaded
spacers.

2. Bolt the Radbox base plate to the posts with
the provided washers and nuts. Do NOT forget
the washers!

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When the exhaust fan is smaller than 120mm, such as 92mm, 80mm or even 60mm, the base

plate can be adjusted as shown above.

Radiator Preparation

1. Fasten the provided fittings to the radiator
using a 9/16 (14mm) deep socket, without
forgetting the o-rings! Lock the fittings firmly.

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In order to evaluate the appropriate length of tubing that will be needed between the components
the Apogee™ Drive will need to be temporarily mounted to the motherboard at first, then
dismounted to fill-up the system, and finally remounted permanently.

Note: In a vertical system, the Apogee™ Drive can only be oriented in two different positions as
shown below.

Position A Position B

2. Install the provided fans, fan guard, and
Radbox housing as shown above, only using
the provided 30mm (1.17”) long screws. Please
read the critical warning above to prevent
permanent damage to the radiator.

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1. Attach the tubes to the Apogee™ Drive fittings and clamp them as shown. The clamps should

always be completely closed to provide a proper seal.

2. Place the Apogee Drive on the CPU, and
then fasten the screws just enough to hold it in
place. Fully tightening of the screws is not
necessary at this time.

4. Route the tubing thru the PCI slot the most
directly in front of the radiator fittings, and cut
the tubing
slack to the tube, so that it will not kink.

if necessary. Always leave sufficient

3. Fasten the Radiator/Radbox assembly to the
Radbox base plate using the provided (4)
screws.

5. Attach the tube coming from the Apogee
Drive OUTLET (see label on the Apogee™
Drive), to the Radiator INLET as shown above.

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6. Fasten both hose clamps to the radiator inlet
and outlet fittings, using a pair of long nose
pliers.

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System Setup Overview

7. Insert and fasten the provided PCI pass-thru
bracket, and finally route the fan electrical
connectors through the rubber grommet.

a/ Remove the Apogee™ Drive from the motherboard, and place it flat on your bench as shown
above; then connect the Apogee™ Drive power plug to the Power supply.

b/ In order to fill-up the liquid cooling system with coolant and test it, you will need to be able to run
the Apogee™ Drive pump. This necessitates that you start-up the power supply while it is not being
connected to the motherboard.

It is possible to turn the PSU on and off with its power switch by using a simple paper clip to
connect pin 14 (PS-ON – GREEN) to any BLACK wire (ground) on the 20 pin ATX connector as
shown hereafter. However, because of the possibility of use r error, which could result in short

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circuits, damage to the equipment and/or personal injury, we recommend using a power-supply
tester instead. A wide variety of these common and inexpensive devices is available on the Internet
(Google key word: “PSU tester”), and among Swiftech resellers.

Green

Black

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c/ Fill-up the radiator as high as possible without overflowing, and then power-on the PSU to start
the Apogee™ Drive Pump (note that the pump has a 3 second dela y). As the device is energized,
you should immediately hear the noise of liquid and air rapidly rushing through the pump, this
indicates that the pump is priming itself and circulating fluid; soon after the pump noise level will
noticeably decrease and turn to a gentle hum indicating that the fluid is circulating normally. To
further ascertain that the fluid is circulating through the system you can observe a slight surface
agitation of the coolant in the radiator fill-port. Do not be alarmed by the formation of foam. This is
normal; the foam will completely disappear within 15 to 20 minutes.

Finally, top-off the radiator with coolant an d then allow the s ystem to run for a minimum o f
one hour (more if you wish) on your bench while periodically inspecting it for leaks.

Check the coolant level one last time, and top-off as necessary. Then close the fill-cap firmly to
assure a good seal.

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1. Apply the provided Arctic Céramique™
thermal grease at the center of the CPU as
shown above.

2. Peel-off the protective plastic film from the
Apogee™ Drive copper base plate, and wipe­off the copper with alcohol or with electronics
degreaser.

3. Fasten the Apogee™ Drive to the processor
by tightening all four screws progressively and
in a cross pattern until you reach a firm positive
lock. Cycle thru the four screws twice to make
sure that you have equal tension on all four.

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Apogee™ Drive connections

• Power: connect the 4-pin Molex
connector to your power supply.

• RPM sensor: connect the 3-pin single
wire connector to the motherboard

CPU fan header.

Critical recommendation:

Connecting the pump RPM sensor to the CPU fan
header is critical in order to monitor the pump.
Many modern motherboards have CPU fan safety
features that you can enable in the BIOS that will
shut down the power in the event of a CPU fan
failure or in this case in the event of a pump
malfunction.

Fan connections

• For 12V fan operations simply connect the 3-pin fan connectors to available motherboard fan
headers.

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• For 7V fan operations connect the provided 12 to 7 volt adapter to the fans, and then connect
the adapters to available motherboard fan headers.

• For 5V fan operations connect the provided 12 to 5 volt adapter to the fans, and then connect
the adapters to the power supply. There is no fan speed monitoring in this configuration.

Note: many modern motherboards now have the ability to adjust the fan speed via the
motherboard BIOS, or under windows (nVidia® nTune for example). If you own such motherboard,
there is no need to use the 12 to 7 or 12 to 5V volt adapters.

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The H20-220 Compact kit is an extreme cooling system capable of accommodating multiple water­blocks in the same loop such as VGA cards in SLI, and chipset coolers. Here is an example of tube
routing with a liquid cooled VGA card (using Swiftech Stealth)

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Do you need to cool your Graphics Card(s) too?

MCW60 universal VGA waterblock

Do you need to cool the chipset?

The MCW30 chipset Waterblock is the most
versatile of its kind on the market.

Do you need high performance tubing?

Swiftech uses Norprene®, the best lab-grade
tubing for water-cooling due to its low porosity.

Stealth for nVidia high-end 8800 series

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a/ Apogee Drive conversion from Intel Socket 775 to AMD Universal housing

1. Remove and

set aside all 6
screws as
shown above.

2. Remove and
set aside the
copper base­plate.

6. Remove the

o-rings from the
socket 775

…and install
them to the AMD
housing.

housing …
b/ Installation on the motherboard

3. Remove and
set aside the 2
internal screws

6. Place the
AMD housing
onto the Apogee
Drive body.

4. Remove and
set aside the
base-plate o­ring.

7. Fasten the 2
internal screws

5. Remove the
socket 775
housing.

8. Install o-ring,
base plate, and
fasten all 6
screws.

Socket AM2

Socket 754/939/940, and F

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Guide D’installation

Introduction

Félicitations pour votre achat du kit Swiftech™ H20-220 COMPACT ! Bien que ce guide ait été
conçu pour faciliter au mieux l’installation du produit, il s’adresse à l’utilisateur avisé en matière
d’installation de composants électroniques.

Généralités

 Il est conseillé de lire ce document dans sa totalité avant de commencer l’installation.
 Débrancher le PC du secteur afin d’éviter tout risque de court-circuit lors du montage des

 La prise ATX de la carte mère doit être débranchée lors de l’installation du système de
 Assurez-vous toujours de tester le circuit pour toutes fuites éventuelles avant de remettre les

De quoi aurai-je besoin et qui n’est pas inclus avec ce kit?

• ½ Litre d’eau distillée pour faire le
mélange (usage obligatoire)

• Un testeur d’alimentation (ou tout
simplement un trombone) pour démarrer
l’alimentation.

• De l’alcool ou un dégraissant pour
composants électroniques.

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Voici une installation typique de refroidissement liquide du CPU. L’adaptateur ‘’Radbox’’ facilite
l’intégration du radiateur dans la plupart des circonstances grâce à l’installation au dos du boîtier,
ce qui optimise la performance thermique tout en laissant le passage pour tous les câbles I/O.

composants.
refroidissement.
composants électroniques en service !

H20-220 Compact

• Une paire de ciseaux pour couper les tuyaux

• Un tournevis cruciforme

• Une pince à becs

• Une douille de 14mm pour serrer les

embouts (de préférence, mais pas
obligatoire)

Apogee

Drive

Radiateur

“Radbox”

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