Hello,
I have the ultitube 100 with leakshield and d5 next.


Each time I measure the fill level with aquasuite, it displays a wrong value.

For example, the current fill level displayed is 40%, but visually it is 60%.

To measure the fill level, I switched the Leakshield in Release mode.

If I deaerate the loop, I visually see the fill level go at 90%, but while deaerating, aquasuite is still displaying 40% fill level.

The D5 runs at 2000 rpm. Water temp is 33°. The loop has a 38cm height, 2 radiators, 1 pump, 2 waterblocks, nothing fancy.



That is an issue, because when I put the leaskshield in shield mode, it works. Then I load the CPU by playing some game, which increases the pump rpm to 4000. After a little time, the leakshield starts adding more negative pressure (why ? because the water temps increased to more than 40° ?). At some point, the ultitude is completely filled and the leakshield starts crying alert alert alert.

Any trick ?


Note: I took videos of the full setup from scrach, replacing my EK pump with the D5 next ultitube leakshield, showing how to plug and setup everything. If I have one remark, I'll go with your website. Honestly, it's horrible. You could at least create packs of show related or important items. For ex, I discovered I was missing 2 cables to link the D5 to the aquaero using aquabus: 1 Y as I already have an Octo, and 1 "nano" fan-like to plug into the D5. I did not forgot to buy the cable to switch off the power though, nor the 2 "nano" usb cables.

One thing I liked in the EK version, is the fixation system. I had to be very very lucky with your fixation system to get it right. Lucky I had parts that fits perfectly. That took me a full day scratching my head though to end with that idea.

Ok understood.

I already dearated the loop a few times. I will "shake" the whole tower a little more.


What do you think of those alerts from linkshield otherwise ?
I don't think they are legit.
Should I disable adaptative mode ?

https://imgur.com/a/fDHePUJ

> You do need to pay attention to what special cables you need


Well no, you are the seller, you should provide us with packs for different test cases. A loop builder UI for ex would be perfect.


Also I do own an aquaero 6 pro since 7 years and do use that aquabus so when my windows 11 crashes or freezes, the pumps and fans don't go crazy running everything at full speed.
You would say Windows 11 never crashes ? Say that to Intel 13 and 14th gen CPU owners like me ...

Also I'm a mobile app developer, and Google switched to "qemu" on Windows since last november to power their mobile emulators.
qemu has a bug which randomly locks up Windows 11 (freeze or blue screen) and they did not found it "yet" (or they don't care - well I really think they don't care at all).

I even lost some data. First time that happens again since almost 10 years.






Another question quickly: how do the Leakshield can help draining the loop ?
It looks like it could open the circuit to let air in, so the fill port at the bottom of the loop can be used to drain the loop.
I don't see any option to "release and let air flow".

There is only the Release option, which equilibrates the pressure, which is not sufficient to drain the loop.

> I just removed the Leakshield from the top of the Ultitube and then opened the drain valve.


That looks weird.


The competitors (like EKWB) now all have an additional drain hole at the top of the tube.


It looks like it would be easy to provide that feature by leaving the leakshield "valve" opened while draining. A "draining" mode.


Easy simple efficient. Top of the top.

> However, it is not difficult to implement an air inlet in the circuit, e.g. a fill port in the lid on a T-piece in the loop.



Well one of the advertisement on the LeakShield, is the ability to fill the system using the fill port (I baught it).
I even read that this fill port can be used as a drain port.
I thought I could throw away my existing fill port and my existing drain port, making the whole loop much cleaner.
So I did that.

In reality, you can't fill your system by this fill port. You still need to initially fill it by pouring water in the ultitube and activating the pump.
That's also because the leakshield and the pump do not communicate with each other while filling or draining (windows is not running at those steps).
Ok, you can add water to an already filled loop using that fill port. I did it and it does work.

And for draining, you can't rely on the LeakShield (you confirmed it).
You can still use the fill port as the drain port though, if located at the bottom of the loop.
But you still need to manually remove the leakshield or open any fill port you have in your loop, and activate the pump to force push the water out of the circuit.

To conclude, all the promises are not there, and I would have planned my upgrade differently.