Koolance EXOS AL Water Cooling Guide

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EXOS Al Features

Product Dimensions:
Wx 7.25"
Hx 3.75"
Dx 18.5"

Product Weight:
4.0 pounds

Radiator:
Wx 4.5"
Hx 11.5"
Dx .75"
Aluminum
6 mm fittings

Fans (x3):
Dimensions 80 x 80 mm
CFM 28 @ 12V
Speed 3000 RPM @ 12v

Pump (x2):
12V
Flow 1 liter / hour

Exos Series Systems Also Include:
Slot Interface Adapter
External Power Cable
External / Internal Liquid Tubing
Liquid Coolant
Power Button & Motherboard ATX wire
CPU Temperature Probe
Quick-Disconnect Nozzles
Rubber and Velcro Mounting Pads

Packaging:

Koolance done a great job with the packaging product placement. The plain white box is fitted with a nicely printed outer sleeve. Package includes: External chassis that contains the radiator, reservoir & pumps, top cooling station with fans, and LED display. The power control board with slot interface, quick-release valves, funnel, tubing (external and internal), user manual, liquid coolant bottle, attachment strips/pads, and various smaller components.





Components:
EXOS external cooler houses the low flow pumps, that work in tandem (push / pull configuration) that also acts as a failsafe. In the unlikely event that one pump should fail the system can get by on a single pump long enough for the system to be shut down and repairs to be made.
The pump/reservoir system includes 3 top mounted 80mm fans. The fans are kinda weird, because they pull the air through the side vents on both sides and out the top.


External(blue)/internal tubing(clear).


Slot Interface Adapter, External Power Cable, Funnel, CPU Temperature Probe, Quick-Disconnect Nozzles, PSU jumper Wire

Included with the cpu block, purchased separately. CPU-300-H06 cpu block, cpu tie down brackets, blue tension screw is used in low pressure situations (exposed core CPUs) and the black screw is used in high pressure situations like the Athlon64, Pentium 4 and Xeon. Simple instructions, that are totally useless for AMD64 applications, more on that later, and some cheap thermal grease.

This is the AMD64 cpu kit. Along with arctic silver 5 thermal compound. This was also sold separately.

And lets not forget the included coolant. Containing 70% Distilled Water and 28% Monoethylene Glycol


Koolance EXOS
A64 CPU adapter
CPU Block

Installing the EXOS AL:

The installation was extremely easy and can be done in a few easy steps. First I had to set the EXOS onto my computer.


Next insert the two white “quick connect” fittings into the back of the EXOS. I notice that the fittings allow the tubes to be moved and rotated in any direction without bending or kinking, because the fittings swivel in their sockets, which is really nice.


Installing the hoses is extremely simple, no hose clamps are required. The quick connect fittings use a type of compression ring hose retainer. To install a hose, just unscrew the chrome ring, insert the end of the hose through it onto the quick connect fitting, and screw the retention ring down tight and you're set.


Now it's time to install the 300-H06 cpu block. The cpu block is just beautiful, pure copper base, with a 21karat gold finish. The install was done by simply removing the old heatsink and fan, then the bracket for the heatsink needs to be removed. I almost forgot the CPU temperature probe, it installs in one of the two small slots in the base of the block. Now I just clean off the old compound, spread a very thin layer of arctic silver paste with a credit card and tighten the hold down clamp until you hear an audible “click”. For AMD64 applications the black screw was used. This patented ratcheting action prevents damage to your CPU from overtightening your hold down device.


Then I installed the slot interface cover, which not only acts as a hose router, but controls the power to the EXOS unit as well. There are five headers on the small printed circuit board attached to the slot cover. These headers are for the CPU temperature probe, two 3 pin fan headers, and a system power switch “in” and “out”. The original power switch for your case plugs into the “in” switch and the “out” switch is then connected to the motherboard “power on” header.

Now I want to route the hose through the holes in the slot connector. The spring looking coils that you feed the hose through keep the hose from being kinked. I gave myself enough slack in the hose in case of future hardware changes and then cut the hose and connect it to my CPU block. If you've installed other blocks, you'll want to use the clear 8mm tubing provided to run from the CPU block to the additional blocks and then run the blue exterior hose back through the slot cover. Since I didn't have any other blocks, I just routed the blue hose back through the slot connector and to the back of the EXOS.

Then I plugged in the long black cable that routes the power from the slot interface to the EXOS. This cable clips into place to prevent accidentally pulling it loose while moving.



With everything installed and all the wires connected, now it's time to fill this baby up. All I had to do, was unscrew the top filler cap from the reservoir. Use the provided funnel and fill it till its to the top of the opening. Now it's time to jump the PSU with the provided wire.

shorting pin 4 and 6. This will feed power to the pumps so they can begin bleeding the air from the system. As the air is filtered from the lines, I had to add more water to the radiator until the air bubbles are removed from the system. Now I just ran it like this for about 4 hrs, with a paper towel, at the bottom of my case.

Everything was fine. So I installed the atx power connector back to the motherboard. With one long breath, I turned it back on. Let me tell ya this, it's pretty damn scary at first. I watched the temp display for a few minutes, just in case my temps shot to 100 Degrees C, but it didn't

:P

Here are a couple of my system pictures. Since you guys have never seen it, here you are.




I appoligize for the pictures, my camera isn't teh best.

Next I'll have temp changes and benchmarks that I've done, before and after the install.

continued.. Benchmarks. Temps.......

I'll get on it tonight... I'm going to bed.

it's 11am

Awwwwwww. Memories.


* typing from it right now *

I bumped it.. Cause I forgot all about this. I should of saved the pictures.