Swiftech QPOWER P180 User Manual

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Snap out the fan & duct assembly.

Unfasten the 4 screws holding the fan to the fan

duct, and discard the duct as it will no longer be
needed.

Unfasten the 2 nuts holding the pump to the case

floor, lift the pump from its posts, and set the pump
out of the way.

Unfasten the two posts, and relocate them as

shown to the right.

Power-on the power supply, keeping your

finger on the button. The pump will start after 1
second delay and immediately syphon-off all the
fluid from the reservoir. Promptly power-off the
power supply to prevent damage to the pump:

arning!

arning! the pump cannot run “dry” for more than

a few seconds or this will damage its bearing per-
manently and void your warranty. Now refill the
reservoir, and repeat this procedure: normally only
one more time is needed until the reservoir is at
about half-level and the pump can run without
interruptions.

While the pump is running at first, the fluid will be
full of micro-bubbles, and appear milky and foamy
as shown below. Simply allow the pump to run
10~15 minutes for all the bubbles and foam to

At this point, you need to be able to start-

up the pump in order to complete the fill-up proce-
dure.

For safety reasons, you must be able to power
on the PSU without connecting it to the mother-
board. The Internet contains numerous references
on how to use a paper-clip to short-out pins 14
(PS-ON, green wire) and 13 (GND, black) of the 20
pin ATX connector (shown to the right) but we rec-
ommend instead using a power-supply tester.
These common devices are widely available on the
Internet (Google key word: "PSU tester"), and
among Swiftech resellers.

Use “elbow” power and SATA connectors

for your hard drives.

Tilt the case backwards: this will allow more fluid to
fill-up the system, then top-off the reservoir again.

clear up.

Place the fill-cap back, and gently tighten it, prefer-
ably with a wide tip screw driver.

Push the reservoir as far back as
possible, and tighten both
screws; finally connect the LED
Molex connector to the power
supply.

This completes the installation of

your Swiftech liquid cooling sys-

tem. Please allow your system to

run for a few hours and inspect it

for leaks before you complete the

electrical connections to mother-

board and other components.

Please refer to Antec’s installa-

tion guide for the chassis electri-

cal connections.

Now, connect the pump 4-pin molex connector to

the power supply.

Inspect the bench area to make sure that there is

no moisture anywhere.

Verify that the power button of the power supply

is off .

Finally Connect the power supply to an A/C out-

let.

MODULAR POWER SUPPLIES

STEPS A THRU E

The following steps are only required when a mod-
ular power supply is used.

In effect, Modular Power Supplies are longer than
standard. The pump and the lowermost 120mm fan
and duct assembly need to be relocated - as shown
to the right, in order to allow the additional clear-
ance needed for the power suppply and cables.

Relocate the pump mounting posts as shown
above.

Re-install the fan as shown, the fan label should be
facing the power supply.

Fasten the pump back to its new location. A 5/16
“deep” socket is ideal to tighten these nuts. “Finger
tight” is only needed.

Longer than

standard

Elbow

Connectors

TIP:

(GND) BLACK

(PS-ON) GREEN