Hi,

I have had my Aquaero 5 XT installed for just over a week now and have some questions.

1) On each of 2 of the fan channels I am running 2 of these http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?prod…e=specification using a standard Y-splitter. These 2 channels are constantly overheating - less than every 2 minutes they need to ramp up to 100% in order to cool down. I have read that the upcoming firmware update will improve this but I just want to check. Surely I don't need a waterblock just for 2 fans per channel?

2) I have a strange problem regarding the capacitive keys. When I first received the Aquaero I set it up outside my case to try it out, once running I had the same capacitive key problem mentioned a fair amount on this forum. I turned the sensitivity right down of them so the issue appeared to be fixed. Once I installed it into the case I found upon start up and approximately once every 30 minutes the unit will "click" continuously as if the keys are pressed for about 15 seconds and then stop (When this happens the screen goes back to it's "startup" screen asking me to set the language). I also get no response from the keys now either. I have tried to reset the sensitivity of the keys but now the option has gone from the menu - all I have is the "Illumination mode" and "Key tone" option in the keys menu. Is there something I have done to remove this option from the menu? How can I get it back again? Do you think adjusting the sensitivity will sort out the "clicking" of the keys? My case is a Coolermaster Cosmos S if this helps.

3) When I installed the unit into my system I used in-line temperature sensors in my cooling loop rather than air sensors. I changed the name of them on the sensor page of the Aquaero to match up with where they were in my loop. Unfortunately I got 2 of them mixed up "Radiator out" and Radiator in" (i.e. "Radiator out" was actually measuring the temperature of the water going into the rad). Before I realised I had this wrong I set up the Aquaero to log the data from "Radiator out" every 10 seconds and display a chart on one of the display pages. Once I realised I had them the wrong way around I changed the names so they were correct and tried to alter the data source of the log configuration but it will not let me switch to the new "Radiator out". When I select it the unit lets out a "Key tone" but the radio button doesn't change. I can change the data source to any of the other sensors I have in the system but not this one. Is there something I am missing to get this to work correctly?

I must say I'm really impressed with the actual product although I don't think rushing it out without the proper documentation and/or software plus what could be a serious grounding issue was wise. I have wanted an Aquaero for as long as I have been water cooling (about 4 1/2 years) but have always upgraded components rather than spend the money on something that seemed to do what I was achieving using Speedfan and the headers on my motherboard. However with the Aquaero 5 I was hoping now it would be worthwhile.

If you can help me with these answers hopefully I'll be shown to be right.

Thanks for the replies everyone.


Shoggy - I can't believe I missed that. Data log 3 was reading from that sensor. It will change things of course, this way the sensor are labelled correctly and the chart is of the reading I am interested in.

Vtran - Thanks I never would have looked at the screen not being connected - I am worried about how that happened - when I came to reconnect everything the board had moved back about 5mm away from where it needed to be. Somehow the screws must have been loose and allowed the board to move when I was installing it. Thanks for pointing it out. I agree with everything you said - I just hope they do sort these issues out quickly. The new firmware seems to have helped the temperatures (or rather the frequency of the fan surges - once every 15 minutes now the fans go to 100%) slightly but I'm still seeing the keys activating all the time - although it seems to be only the down key now (with the sensitivity set to 1) - I might just leave the keys disconnected so at least I don't have the screens flicking through constantly.

Zoomee - I can agree it's early days but I don't believe these issues are ones that should be occurring after release, both the temperature of the power management chips and the keys not functioning should have been spotted and rectified during testing - essentially the product I paid a large sum for had 2 major bugs and 2 weeks after I had the product it has now been (kind of) fixed. Minor bugs such as the time/profiles not saving or even not having the software I could live with until a firmware update but the above major issues must have been spotted during testing and it means the decision was made to release it with these bugs. As I said it my first post I don't believe this was wise and as I also said the actual unit I find very impressive but this whole thing has disappointed me with with my first product from Aquacomputer. I just hope that this disappointment will be short-lived as the firmware is upgraded.