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Features Continued
Another great feature of the LS is that it has a control unit
which from what I've witnessed so far works really well. Once you are in
windows you can change just about everything on your LS. Things such as
fan RPM's, heating rate, and even what the LCD displays on your
Vapochill. We even hooked up some other fans and a beta Danger Den water
pump so we could control the rpm cycle. Any settings that you administer
on the Chill Control in windows is saved to its memory for operation
outside of Windows. One of the nicest aspects about the chill control is
you can even administer the settings from a bootable floppy. You are
required to obtain these from Asetek's website since they update so
often. I actually prefer it that way since it gives you an introduction
to Asetek's excellent testimony to customer support which we always
admire at ClubOC.
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The chill control connects to
your PC through USB connection and provides full functionality to your
LS through Windows or a bootable diskette. Take care not to shock this
device from your own static electricity. We toted the anti-static bag
around during assembly since obtaining another might be difficult.
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The chill control unit comes with its own plastic
standoffs allowing you to mount it securely to your PC.
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We mounted the chill control to the bottom of our
case. Being as this is a Cooler Master LE case and a test bed we opted
not to butcher the case as per the case modification procedure.
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These thumbscrews are located
on top of the LS unit. Asetek includes a template on where to cut the
bottom of your case so that the evaporator head can go into your case
and everything will be square and even so that you can put your side
cover on. You then drill holes through the case and use these
thumbscrews to basically mend the LS and your PC together. We elected
not to modify our Cooler Master LE case, since it is such a beautiful
case, yet lacks in the room needed to run a Danger Den water-cooling
arrangement AND a Vapochill. This is a PC that already has 3 hard
drives, 2 CD burners, and a dual bay reservoir.
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The LS gets its power from a
piggyback ATX plug so that it had control over your PC's power. The
plug, and the chill control work in conjunction with one another to
insure that your PC doesn't boot up until the evaporator head reaches a
desired temperature. The LS comes with a -10C boot up temperature that
can be changed if need be. We changed ours to -20 once we had the chill
control software installed from Asetek.
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