Aqua Computer Aquaero Owners thread

Greebo said:
Yeah i didnt have space in my case to have the pump at the bottom plus they is a proper mount for the d5 pump behind the mobo tray so went that route.

Plus i already had an aftermarket top for the d5 which offers better performance than the d5 on the reservoir.
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Which top have you got? Is it an XSPC plexi by any chance? Yeah the AquaComputer D5 top comes last in the benchmarks for performance lol. It's slightly restrictive and the pump volute isn't optimal and performs worse that the laing, it's still within a good range for pc watercooling, it's just at the bottom of the lot lol. I used that to justify my want of another 2 pumps and res and now I have 3 D5's :D

Next time I would probably just get another Aqualis instead but I don't want to get too ahead of myself as I'm struggling with this one in my project as it is lol.
 
Cenedd said:
I think it's a shortcut for the coolant from the bottom input to the bottom of the central column to the bottom output. Its so when you're filling it, the coolant doesn't have to go all the way up the central column before it can get back to the pump. If you're going to just top-fill the res, you can probably use the screw to close it off but I don't think it matters greatly either way. Excuse my vagueness - I have one of the smaller ones in use and an 880ml sitting on my desk waiting....but I'm not there at the moment.
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880ml :eek:

I wanted one of those but it wouldn't fit my TJ07! I'm not sure which cases it would fit, I really like the Caselabs cases and I'd definitely get TWO 880ml in one of those if I can! :D:p
 
I'm modeling my build quite heavily now and when I put the 150ml in, it looked sort of sad and lost. The 440 is wider but not taller so the 880 it was. No drive bays etc in the way to worry about it's all M.2 and iSCSI
 
Mines the 150mm x 80mm reservoir. No idea how much it holds but its a big lump of glass.

I have a feeling my case will weight 50 kgs by the time I am done!

3 big rads in it already.................
 
Cenedd said:
I'm modeling my build quite heavily now and when I put the 150ml in, it looked sort of sad and lost. The 440 is wider but not taller so the 880 it was. No drive bays etc in the way to worry about it's all M.2 and iSCSI
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Looking forward to seeing that! Newer cases you can remove the 5.25" bays without compromising the midplate and the case rigidity. In the TJ07 the bays actually keep the midplate from bending with the motherboard weight. Definitely want to do another project with a new modern case without all the pitfalls I went through in my project. Obviously AquaComputer will have a huge presence in there :p

Greebo said:
Mines the 150mm x 80mm reservoir. No idea how much it holds but its a big lump of glass.

I have a feeling my case will weight 50 kgs by the time I am done!

3 big rads in it already.................
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My new case feet are already struggling with the weight! With all the reservoirs and the sheet steel I added for the reservoir mount, the 2 gpu's, not to mention the rads and that giant monster PSU, without the coolant it's already heavier than it used to be! With coolant it will probably exceed the weight limit of my Ikea side table. Might come home to a wet fried mess one day lol. I hope 2L of coolant is enough for my case!
 
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I have a question, the Reservoir fill pressure sensor - How to I measure the height, literally with a ruler and measure in mm or do I say 440ml for the capacity? :confused:
 
Greebo: 150x80 sounds like the 440 ml to me - without looking it up.

Harpss1ngh: Rigidity is a slight issue. The midplate in mime - and by that I mean the plate that sits below the motherboard and is almost like a PSU shroud - is structural. The motherboard tray screws onto it at the side and it keeps that stable as that tray doesn't go all the way to the floor. This is the part I'm (very) slowly designing an acrylic replacement for. Current design has the block wrapping round and screwing into the motherboard tray. Got to get the dimensions finalised - specifically how far up it goes as it covers the front panel headers on the bottom of the motherboard - and then ask Parvum if what I've designed is possible :D

Res calibration: you need two measurements.
1. The max height - this is pretty much the height of the glass part. Basically the measurement between the lowest possible water level (the floor) and the highest possible )the ceiling.

2. The current height - measure from the res floor to the water's tip.
Both are in mm and a ruler should do fine. Doesn't have to be OCD accurate, it's mainly to see if the level changes - fast change = leak, slow change = evaporation, slow leak, air bleeding out, time to top up.

You may find (I do) that the level reported goes up as things warm up from cold. I'm assuming this is just expansion as it does settle once up to temp. I've modified my res level gauge to be a chart so it shows change over time but still looks like the res fill level graphic - although that only shows empty, 20%, half and full IIRC.
Also plot the chart of GPU temp with the load overlaid as a line chart on top (transparent background and no under graph fill). Same for CPU. Data for that is pulled from HWINFO.
 
Anyone any clues on this ->

Aquaero 6 XT - functions via USB
Aquastream XT pump - functions via USB

Aquainlet XT res - not showing up via USB (even in USBdeview)
Aqua high flow MPS - not showing up via USB (even in USBdeview)

I've tried connecting the usb connections that are working (the ones used for the pump and controller), tried connecting via aquabus with no joy either. Swapped internal cables to ones I know work as well.

Bit stumped!! Should I see flow sensor and res as separate items in the aquasuite software?
 
They should show up as USB devices but I think they're something fairly inconspicuous like a "HID-compliant vendor-defined device" or a "USB Input Device". They don't have convenient labels on them to tell you what they are....but on the flipside, they don't require drivers either.

They should show up in Aquasuite if they are connected to a working USB connection. They appear as a separate device down the left hand side.

The flow meter you'll probably want a 4-pin aquabus cable (not supplied, helpfully) as that carries power so you won't need the USB connection as well. Aquabus lets the Aquaero control the device so it works as a sensor for the aquaero rather than just being viewable in Aquasuite. Then you can set alarms based on flow etc.

The res can also take power off a 4-pin aquabus cable and lose the USB but because you can only calibrate the fill level via USB, you may want to leave the USB connected and stick with the supplied 3-pin aquabus.

All aquabus connections should be to the high-speed aquabus port on the Aquaero - the low-speed has been dropped.

If you have multiple devices connected by Aquabus you may have a device with two that you can chain it through (one in, one out). If not, you need a y-splitter. This is basically just a fan splitter cable with all pins connected or a PWM splitter if you want 4-pin.
 
Cenedd said:
They should show up as USB devices but I think they're something fairly inconspicuous like a "HID-compliant vendor-defined device" or a "USB Input Device". They don't have convenient labels on them to tell you what they are....but on the flipside, they don't require drivers either.

They should show up in Aquasuite if they are connected to a working USB connection. They appear as a separate device down the left hand side.

The flow meter you'll probably want a 4-pin aquabus cable (not supplied, helpfully) as that carries power so you won't need the USB connection as well. Aquabus lets the Aquaero control the device so it works as a sensor for the aquaero rather than just being viewable in Aquasuite. Then you can set alarms based on flow etc.

The res can also take power off a 4-pin aquabus cable and lose the USB but because you can only calibrate the fill level via USB, you may want to leave the USB connected and stick with the supplied 3-pin aquabus.

All aquabus connections should be to the high-speed aquabus port on the Aquaero - the low-speed has been dropped.

If you have multiple devices connected by Aquabus you may have a device with two that you can chain it through (one in, one out). If not, you need a y-splitter. This is basically just a fan splitter cable with all pins connected or a PWM splitter if you want 4-pin.
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The basic problem then is neither device (flow or res) are showing as a USB device, I guess I need to resolve this problem first and foremost?

I did try a 4 pin connection to the flow controller via aquabus but again this doesn't appear to be showing up - looking under Aquaero, sensors - flow1 or flow2.

The pump is fine showing as either a USB or on the Aquabus connection.

Still a bit stuck
 
Cenedd said:
Harpss1ngh: Rigidity is a slight issue. The midplate in mime - and by that I mean the plate that sits below the motherboard and is almost like a PSU shroud - is structural. The motherboard tray screws onto it at the side and it keeps that stable as that tray doesn't go all the way to the floor. This is the part I'm (very) slowly designing an acrylic replacement for. Current design has the block wrapping round and screwing into the motherboard tray. Got to get the dimensions finalised - specifically how far up it goes as it covers the front panel headers on the bottom of the motherboard - and then ask Parvum if what I've designed is possible :D

Res calibration: you need two measurements.
1. The max height - this is pretty much the height of the glass part. Basically the measurement between the lowest possible water level (the floor) and the highest possible )the ceiling.

2. The current height - measure from the res floor to the water's tip.
Both are in mm and a ruler should do fine. Doesn't have to be OCD accurate, it's mainly to see if the level changes - fast change = leak, slow change = evaporation, slow leak, air bleeding out, time to top up.

You may find (I do) that the level reported goes up as things warm up from cold. I'm assuming this is just expansion as it does settle once up to temp. I've modified my res level gauge to be a chart so it shows change over time but still looks like the res fill level graphic - although that only shows empty, 20%, half and full IIRC.
Also plot the chart of GPU temp with the load overlaid as a line chart on top (transparent background and no under graph fill). Same for CPU. Data for that is pulled from HWINFO.
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What case is that again? Looking forward to seeing it.

Res: That makes sense. So in aquasuite you can configure monitoring for leaks or slow evaporation specifically?

In regards to the fill level sensor, yep if I remember back in physics and how my HW system works, as the water heats up it will increase the pressure and needs room to expand so that makes sense. Have you used the new aquasuite (2016-4)? There's some improvements to hooking into 3rd party monitoring software, or something to that effect when I read the change log.

Greebo said:
Yours must be a monster!
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That's what she said :p
 
faxfan said:
The basic problem then is neither device (flow or res) are showing as a USB device, I guess I need to resolve this problem first and foremost?

I did try a 4 pin connection to the flow controller via aquabus but again this doesn't appear to be showing up - looking under Aquaero, sensors - flow1 or flow2.

The pump is fine showing as either a USB or on the Aquabus connection.

Still a bit stuck
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Sounds like a fault if it doesn't detect it. The USB flow sensor might show up differently. Flow1 I believe is the flow port on the aquaero, Flow2 is assigned to one of the fan headers which you can set for flow if I remember correctly.

If you don't hear the noise or any change to your screen (notifications, pop ups mouse cursor flashing, device manager not refreshing) when you plug it in then it's probably brown bread. Maybe contact AquaComputer, or get it exchanged. The sensor should pop up over USB regardless of any settings you've set.
 
faxfan said:
The basic problem then is neither device (flow or res) are showing as a USB device, I guess I need to resolve this problem first and foremost?
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Definitely. If it does prove to be faulty, you want to replace it rather than work round it.

faxfan said:
I did try a 4 pin connection to the flow controller via aquabus but again this doesn't appear to be showing up - looking under Aquaero, sensors - flow1 or flow2.
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Aquabus doesn't hotplug so it's worth making sure you've got stuff turned off before you make the connection. Flow 1 and Flow 2 are a red herring. Helpful, I know. One of them is for the non-USB version of the high flow sensor plugged into the 'Flow' header on the Aquaero and I'm not sure about the other. If connected by Aquabus, it should show as a third Flow sensor.
You can check what's connected via Aquabus by selecting the Aquaero, going to System and then Aquabus. It will show you what's connected and what address it is. These need to be unique and can only be set via USB. Worth connecting one at a time and checking that you don't have an ID clash.


Harpss1ngh: It's a Phanteks Evolv. Looks great but a bit restrictive for air flow to internal rads...clearly that wasn't a problem for my plan :D

Res: No, you can only configure an alarm based on level. There's a warning level and alarm level though. If you use the Overview pages though, you can do a graph of the res level and that shows you changes over time (15mins default, max 60mins). I just overlaid a graph over the aqualis_fill_20.png file that's in C:\Program Files\aquasuite\Content\images
For some reason you can't add your own images, it just won't display them.

 
Harpss1ngh said:
Sounds like a fault if it doesn't detect it. The USB flow sensor might show up differently. Flow1 I believe is the flow port on the aquaero, Flow2 is assigned to one of the fan headers which you can set for flow if I remember correctly.

If you don't hear the noise or any change to your screen (notifications, pop ups mouse cursor flashing, device manager not refreshing) when you plug it in then it's probably brown bread. Maybe contact AquaComputer, or get it exchanged. The sensor should pop up over USB regardless of any settings you've set.
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Just tried them both connected to another computer (usb extension, installed aquasuite) and neither are showing up :(
 
STUPID STUPID STUPID.

The USB connectors for the res and flow sensor are wired in exactly the opposite way to the pump and controller!
 
faxfan said:
STUPID STUPID STUPID.

The USB connectors for the res and flow sensor are wired in exactly the opposite way to the pump and controller!
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I refrained from asking about the connector orientation as I thought the connectors are colour coordinated on the sensors so it obviously can't be that :eek: :p :D

The end for the motherboard, I just remember to use the header with only 4 pins, because the missing pin is always the extra black ground you don't need. So since there's two ground wires together, the opposite end must be the pin that the red wire goes into, then it's easy to connect when you think of it like that!

Does it still work? I presume it didn't short it out and fry as the red wire would have just hit ground anyway.
 
Harpss1ngh said:
I refrained from asking about the connector orientation as I thought the connectors are colour coordinated on the sensors so it obviously can't be that :eek: :p :D

The end for the motherboard, I just remember to use the header with only 4 pins, because the missing pin is always the extra black ground you don't need. So since there's two ground wires together, the opposite end must be the pin that the red wire goes into, then it's easy to connect when you think of it like that!

Does it still work? I presume it didn't short it out and fry as the red wire would have just hit ground anyway.
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Everything is connected fine and appears to the working, next step is getting everything calibrated, curves setup etc.

I am using an internal USB extension card. Pins 1 - 5 are reversed on two of the devices(?!?!!?). Luckily the ones I connected incorrectly were the res and flow sensor rather than the pump and controller.
 
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