Swiftech MCW462TEC - Manual (Page 2)

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• Remove the peel-off paper back of the motherboard gasket, and install it as shown Figure 2. The sticky side should be towards the
motherboard.
• To further prevent condensation to occur behind the motherboard, a neoprene sticker is provided with your water-block accessories.
Apply it to the back of the socket.
• Install the MB inside the case.
II. Water-block installation
• IMPORTANT WARNING: the solder joints to the wires of the thermoelectric module are extremely fragile. Bending the wires at
their root will systematically break the solder joint, and the thermoelectric module cannot be repaired. For this reason, we route the
wires inside the brackets, which are normally used to install Intel processors. Therefore, it is preferable to keep the brackets installed
if space allows it, even with AMD motherboards. If you must remove the brackets due to space constraints, make sure to firmly
maintain the wires at their root when you bend them. Swiftech will not honor the warranty for broken wires.
• The case should be laying flat on a table.
• Insert the tubing into your MCW462-UT water-block prior to installing it onto the CPU. The reason is that inserting the tubes
into the fittings requires some strength, and it is preferable not to do this while the block is sitting on the CPU. If you are going to use
soft vinyl tubing (transparent tubing), it is IMPERATIVE to use the two plastic inserts provided with your kit.
• Orientation of the block is important for bleeding
purposes. Please look-up the critical bleeding instructions
paragraph below prior to installing the block on the CPU.
• Install the MCW462-UT block on the CPU. The copper base
of the MCW462-U features a large step for clearance with the
socket cam box. Make sure to respect this orientation. Keep
the heat sink mounting holes lined up with the standoffs.
Avoid twisting the block to prevent smearing the thermal
compound.
• Tip! To have a perfect lineup every time, insert two of the
screws without springs at opposite corners of the block
(diagonal), and use them as guides. The screw will protrude
from the bottom of the assembly, and allow you to position the
block exactly where it is supposed to sit!
• Insert the next two screw/spring/nylon spacer
assemblies, and tighten lightly. Remove the two bare screws
you used as guides, and reinstall them with their spring and
nylon spacer. Tighten lightly. Now, gradually tighten all four
screws in a crisscross pattern until you feel that they reach
the bottom of the standoff. A “finger-tight” lock is sufficient.
Over tightening may result in stripping the nylon hex nut.
Conversely, adjustments such as tightening the screws only
partially are strictly prohibited. Such attempts will result in
improper contact between the CPU core and the heat sink,
and result in CPU overheating.
• Due to wide variations in gasket thickness tolerances, we
recommend that you uninstall the water-block once, following
the initial assembly just to verify that you have good contact
between the cold plate and the CPU. Inspect the grease
imprint that the CPU left on the copper plate: it should be
perfectly even!
Large step si
over cam b
Crisscros
tightening
pattern
2“ Philips
screw
Spring
.230x.096
Nylon spacers
It is preferable to have the tubes already
inserted into the block prior to installing
the MCW462-U onto the CPU.
Figure 2
CRITICAL BLEEDING INSTRUCTIONS:
The following applies mostly to dual processor installations.
Depending on the orientation of the socket, it is critical to observe the position in which your water-block is oriented for bleeding
purposes.
Assuming that the computer is standing up, and that the water-block is facing you as shown in Fig.1 and Fig 2. on page 3:
• Fig. 1 shows the two positions in which the MCW462-UT will bleed correctly, and
• Fig. 2 shows the two positions in which the MCW462-UT will not bleed.
Two solutions are available to bleed the water-block correctly:
1. Bleed the water-block prior to installing on the CPU. Simply rotate the block in the position shown in Fig. 1.
2. If you prefer to install the block first, then bleeding should be done with the computer laying down flat so that the Swiftech
logo is facing downwards, as shown in Fig. 3