Just did that, With only the SATA connected, still no screen. Even tried different cables, MOLEX > SATA converters, still no screen... Might be a defect control unit? Pump is spinning, not fast, but that's probably because of the lack of the functional control unit..

Hi there, I just got myself a D5 NEXT pump, together with the aquaero 6 controller. After setting everything up, I turned my PC on, and thusfar, everything was working. Pump was spinning, fancontroller turned on. However... I forgot to order a aquabus cable for the pump, So I've connected it with USB on my motherboard. Same for the fancontroller. In the D5 NEXT manual, there is a tab which says you can control the pump with USB and aquasuite, however, my pump is not showing up in Windows (10). A...