Do any companies sell AIO installations?

[GamerBlake]

I’m having way too much difficulty installing this new aio and I’m wondering if anyone knows any companies that will do it for a reasonable fee? Like under $40?

 

Ive installed 120mm AIOs by myself but this 360mm ML360R is a whole different ball game,

[For Science!]

1 minute ago, GamerBlake said:

 

Try your local pc store. To my knowledge no remote services of this kind exists within the budget. 

[VIVO-US]

Which part is giving you trouble?  Maybe you can get some installation advice from around here before sending it out to someone.

[GamerBlake]

2 minutes ago, VIVO-US said:

Which part is giving you trouble?  Maybe you can get some installation advice from around here before sending it out to someone.

It’s all the cables ..

 

I understand how to install the hardware and put it all together and mount it.

 

But then I’m left with 2 dozen cables and I have no idea what most of them are for.

 

I know where some of them go but others I’m just clueless. Some of them are not even on the instruction manual as to where they go and with the instruction manual being pictures only it’s really difficult for me.

[GamerBlake]

8 minutes ago, For Science! said:

Try your local pc store. To my knowledge no remote services of this kind exists within the budget. 

Sadly I live in a farming town where the nearest PC store is an hour away.

 

 

[VIVO-US]

Looks like most of this is for the RGB lighting control.  The cable with the 3 connectors on one end (and one of them is red) is a splitter for the fans, so you can use that one to connect the fans to a header on your motherboard.

 

I don't deal much with RGB lighting, so I'm sure someone here can explain the rest of the cables.

[GamerBlake]

Just now, VIVO-US said:

Looks like most of this is for the RGB lighting control.  The cable with the 3 connectors on one end (and one of them is red) is a splitter for the fans, so you can use that one to connect the fans to a header on your motherboard.

 

I don't deal much with RGB lighting, so I'm sure someone here can explain the rest of the cables.

Honestly I’ve gotten so frustrated I don’t even care about the RGB.

 

I bought this one because it says it can be “set up in minutes”, but I feel that’s one big fat lie.

 

Ive installed 120mm AIOs before on my own but this thing is a nightmare. Not only are there dozens of cables but the fans also have cables of their own. 
 

[Kilrah]

Plug the pump and fans and be done with it? All the cables are optional accessories and RGB.

[GamerBlake]

2 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Plug the pump and fans and be done with it? All the cables are optional accessories and RGB.

For real???

 

Itll work if I just do that?

[Tristerin]

Plug the pump wire into the CPU header.  Plug the fan splitter into another fan header and put your fans onto that splitter.  

 

After that it will work (as long as your pump doesn't need a molex or sata power as well)

[VIVO-US]

Yes, the fans can be plugged in individually, or to a single header using the splitter cable.  The pump should also connect normally.

 

Please note that "set up in minutes" doesn't say how many minutes.  You could spend 5 hours and it would still be "minutes" (300 minutes to be exact).  Clever marketing, huh?

[GamerBlake]

Just now, Tristerin said:

Plug the pump wire into the CPU header.  Plug the fan splitter into another fan header and put your fans onto that splitter.  

 

After that it will work (as long as your pump doesn't need a molex or sata power as well)

But what are all the other cables for??

 

Theres like dozens of them!

[Velcade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II-LELRWGK8

[Tristerin]

33 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

But what are all the other cables for??

 

Theres like dozens of them!

Accessories.  A loop is pump, reservoir, fans, radiator.  (and even then you don't have to have fans if you have enough rad space)  TBH This is one of those situations where you should follow the manual, or if the link @Velcade just shared is of an unboxing and using, follow that

[GamerBlake]

2 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Accessories.  A loop is pump, reservoir, fans, radiator.  (and even then you don't have to have fans if you have enough rad space)  TBH This is one of those situations where you should follow the manual, or if the link @Velcade just shared is of an unboxing and using, follow that

I tried following the manual

 

But it’s absolutely bat shit crazy.

[Velcade]

13 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

the link @Velcade just shared is of an unboxing and using, follow that

It's an install that explains all the cables and when to use them.  Figured it'd be helpful to follow a step by step since OP seems unsure of themselves.

[VIVO-US]

I think I may have figured out which cables you need to use, and which ones you can set aside.  I could be wrong though, but if connected the way that's pointed out, I think everything will work without blowing up.

[GamerBlake]

1 minute ago, VIVO-US said:

I think I may have figured out which cables you need to use, and which ones you can set aside.  I could be wrong though, but if connected the way that's pointed out, I think everything will work without blowing up.

Oh wow! Thanks!!  

[GamerBlake]

34 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Accessories.  A loop is pump, reservoir, fans, radiator.  (and even then you don't have to have fans if you have enough rad space)  TBH This is one of those situations where you should follow the manual, or if the link @Velcade just shared is of an unboxing and using, follow that

Any idea what this plugs into?

 

Its a cable from the pump but it has prongs so I can’t plug it into a socket I need to plug it into something with 3 holes for the prongs, .

[GamerBlake]

21 minutes ago, Velcade said:

It's an install that explains all the cables and when to use them.  Figured it'd be helpful to follow a step by step since OP seems unsure of themselves.

I appreciate the link but he doesn’t exactly explain very well. He skips steps just assuming we know what he did.

 

like he never shows what to do with this cable attached to the pump.

[For Science!]

8 minutes ago, GamerBlake said:

I appreciate the link but he doesn’t exactly explain very well. He skips steps just assuming we know what he did.

 

like he never shows what to do with this cable attached to the pump.

 

Thats a dRGB header (probably 5V, can't see) should go into the motherboard or a seperate controller

[GamerBlake]

6 minutes ago, For Science! said:

Thats a dRGB header (probably 5V, can't see) should go into the motherboard or a seperate controller

That’s the thing it CANT go into the motherboard. It’s got prongs sticking out and there are no sockets on motherboard to plug it into.

 

 

[VIVO-US]

I think that one plugs into the cable on the far left (the one I marked as "to RGB connector on pump").

[For Science!]

1 hour ago, GamerBlake said:

That’s the thing it CANT go into the motherboard. It’s got prongs sticking out and there are no sockets on motherboard to plug it into.

 

 

Im so sorry that this is so hard for you. This is what plugs into the controller marked number 8. Alternatively the prongs can be pulled out so it becomes a female plug, but im thinking that that might be too challenging for you.

[jasonc_01]

Some of these fucking RGB lighting systems from cooler master and especially Corsair are ridiculous. A fucking spaghetti factory just for RGB, and thats all proprietary connections to boot.