Comserver Water Cooling Unit Review - Installation
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Installing the Comserver Water Cooling Kit is pretty straightforward. Which is a good thing considering the kit does not come with an instructions. There is one gotcha to installing the Comserver kit, you will need a retail Pentium IV heatsink clip. The kit does not come with one and you will need it to secure the water block.
To begin installation one of the PCI slot covers needs to be removed from the case. This is to allow the water tubing to get into the case and connect to the water block. After you have removed the slot cover and threaded the tubing through the slot you need to connect the water block. This is reasonably simple. One of the water tubes is tinted red and the other blue. The blue tinted tube connects to the center of the water block and the red one to the outer connection. You really need to push the tubes in hard to get them to lock into place. the first time I tuned it on there was excessive leaking for the tube to water block connections. Turning it off and simply push the tubing into the connector harder cleared up any leaks.
The next thing to do is fill the Comserver Standalone Unit's water reservoir. The unit needs to be placed on its side with the red fill knob facing up. Remove the red cap and fill the reservoir with distilled water. Plug in the unit with the fill cap open to push the water threw the tubing. Keep adding water as the water level in the reservoir goes down. The system is self purging. It will force any air bubbles back into the reservoir.
Here's the tricky part. You need to have a spare Pentium IV heatsink around in order to borrow the retention clip from it and use it with the Comserver water block. If you have this clip installation is easy and straightforward, actually it is virtually identical to how you would install the original retail heatsink. Below is a couple of pictures of the clip and a picture of the water block installed.
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