Hi everyone

I just got my NEXT pump complete with the ultitube. Originally I planned on powering the pump with an external 12v power supply equipped with an molex to sata adapter. The power supply managed to power up the pump and had it spinning at full speed, but the screen (and i assume the operating system too) did not turn on. My first idea was to try to power the pump using an sfx psu, switched on with a jumper cable designed to test out watercooling systems without the need of MB, sadly the same occurred, pump rotor was spinning at full speed, screen not on and buttons not responding. The third time I tried to power the pump using the atx psu in my other rig hoping that a full system would make a difference but no luck.

I wonder if anyone here had a similar idea of powering the pump using external power supply could shed some light on the situation. God forbid if the pump is somehow faulty, sending the pump back to germany from china for RMA would be a colossal waste of time.