NEW: aquaero 5 series

[Phatboy69]

LOL. I've already made the mistake of switch 12v/5V with my Kaze Master controller. Tried to plug the molex in backwards and pushed it in just enough to make the capacitor pop. Scared the crap out of me..

I am going to make sure not to touch any wires until shut down this time, and I will also limit heat levels to 70C since that is where the thermal throttling resets. First I'm going to work on updating the users guide portion, then I'll play around with load testing. Not going to baby it, but I am going to follow instructions carefully and limit heat to 70C.

Martin Im pretty sure A5 throttling is set at 75c or 80c not 70c. Otherwise mine would be throttling all the time, its sitting at 70c constantly with low speeds on the pumps and fans. The PA2s definitely throttle at 80c.

[Martinm210]

I think it is 95c shut down and resets again at 70c. 80c wouldn't start throttling but I figured since it resets at 70 that 70 should be plenty safe?

[Martinm210]

Has anyone tried flashing firmware in the new AS2012 Beta 12?

My new board came with firware 1020, so I've put it in recovery mode, downloaded the latest Beta 12 software and have attempted to update the firmware to 1021 several times now. It takes forever for the green indicator bar to complete (30min?), and each time it doesn't seem to be taking.

Maybe I need to shut down some background tasks or something?

[jcrouse]

Has anyone tried flashing firmware in the new AS2012 Beta 12?

My new board came with firware 1020, so I've put it in recovery mode, downloaded the latest Beta 12 software and have attempted to update the firmware to 1021 several times now. It takes forever for the green indicator bar to complete (30min?), and each time it doesn't seem to be taking.

Maybe I need to shut down some background tasks or something?

Worked perfectly for me, no recovery mode, no nothing. It just flashed. I did make sure everything was unpluggrd, fans, sensors, rumps and even the PA2s.

John

[Martinm210]

Thanks!

I do have one fan plugged in, I'll disconnect and try it again. Or maybe I have the whole jumper process all mixed up. First time I had to flash twice and I wasn't sure when I was supposed to remove the jumpers for recovery mode. Been trying by putting the jumpers in, turning on until it beeps, then turning it back off, removing jumpers, and then turning on and trying to flash. Maybe you do need to leave them in while flashing.

First time I tried to flash with the old AS beta 10 I believe and it failed so I had to remove the old software, download the new, and use recovery mode to start over.

[Shteud]

Aquero 5 xt
No troubles with update. AS 2012. Firmware 1021 flashing no difficulties.

[scamps]

Thanks!

I do have one fan plugged in, I'll disconnect and try it again. Or maybe I have the whole jumper process all mixed up. First time I had to flash twice and I wasn't sure when I was supposed to remove the jumpers for recovery mode. Been trying by putting the jumpers in, turning on until it beeps, then turning it back off, removing jumpers, and then turning on and trying to flash. Maybe you do need to leave them in while flashing.

First time I tried to flash with the old AS beta 10 I believe and it failed so I had to remove the old software, download the new, and use recovery mode to start over.

You don´t have to unplug anything. Try it 3-5 times and it will work. My AE5 Pro needed "only" 2. You would be the first one I know who damages his Aquaero by flashing ...

[Martinm210]

I tried beta 12 probably 6 or 7 times now, I even just tried it on another computer thinking it's my MSI board USB issues which I do have on occasion, but I haven't had success in the recovery mode screen turning off yet.

I'm going to try flashing in my old beta 10 to 1019 now and hopefully that works.

I don't think anything is damaged, just stuck in recovery mode and needs the new firmware plugged in. I'll get it..

[Martinm210]

Going to try without the LCD module for a while and cross my fingers. Initially when you jumper and turn on I get a long beep followed by three short beeps (little red led also flashes), but once I remove the jumpers and plug it back in I only get three short beeps.

Are you supposed to update the firmware with or without the jumpers in place? I've tried both now, but assuming you just need to jumper to clear the firmware and then update without them in place?

[Church]

"Everything unplugged" and alike hacks .. sounds like something that needs to be worked on for product to be more mature. Especially if software & firmware are still called as in beta state and frequent updates to newer versions are expected as common process.

[javed222]

I have an Aquaero 5 and a Poweradjust 2 connected by aquabus. I cant see in aquasuite 12 any PA2 sensor. Which is the problem ?
Thanks

[javed222]

Actually i used Aquasuite 12 beta 12 x64, and i have connected un DDC-1 to my PA2

[OnYourWifi]

Has anyone tried flashing firmware in the new AS2012 Beta 12?

My new board came with firware 1020, so I've put it in recovery mode, downloaded the latest Beta 12 software and have attempted to update the firmware to 1021 several times now. It takes forever for the green indicator bar to complete (30min?), and each time it doesn't seem to be taking.

Maybe I need to shut down some background tasks or something?

I don't remember which firmware version my XT came with, but it was older than 1021. I flashed with AS2012 Beta 12 no problem. I didn't even unplug any of the fans or temp sensors. Just hit the button in AS2012, the green bar spent a minute or two loading, XT beeped and rebooted, and I was good to go- albeit with wiped settings (remember to export profile before you flash i guess ).

[nksharp]

Was thinking of getting one for my case but not sure if it can only handle a limited number of fans. Mostly wanted it for the watercooling aspects but if I can't at least monitor my radiator fans I don't know if it would be worth it.

[Shteud]

I have an Aquaero 5 and a Poweradjust 2 connected by aquabus. I cant see in aquasuite 12 any PA2 sensor. Which is the problem ?
Thanks

Quote from AC(dot)de forum

First, you should setup your Poweradjusts using the older Aquasuite version 4.72, which you can get here . You need to connect each Poweradjust over USB and adjust its Aquabus address.

Once this is done, you can disconnect the USB, plug them in over Aquabus and you should see extra fan channels in your Aquasuite 2012. So, basically, instead of 4 fan channels you should have 10 channels. Each Poweradjust is shown as an extra channel.

[Avathar77]

Auuasuite 2012 beta 13 is out!
http://aquacomputer.de/software.html

[dreamaxx]

Anybody know where Shoggy is? I've sent him a couple of PMs needing help...
I have two Aquaero 4.0s and apparently only one internal USB header, I wanted to know if I can connect one of the Aquaeros (or both) to external USB headers using these

[cx-ray]

Anybody know where Shoggy is? I've sent him a couple of PMs needing help...
I have two Aquaero 4.0s and apparently only one internal USB header, I wanted to know if I can connect one of the Aquaeros (or both) to external USB headers using these

Provided there isn't a USB conflict, it will work. I had to do it on an Rampage III Extreme board as well. The NZXT internal USB expansion on the other hand doesn't work correctly with two Aquaero 4 controllers, in case you're also considering that option.

[zoomee]

Beta 13 changelog

aquasuite 2012 - Beta 13 on 02/29/2012
NEW: overview pages, available performance measurement.
BUG: Fixed bug in screenshot function
BUG: USB communication works more reliably

aquaero 5 - 1022 firmware
BUG: was connected poweradjust 2 over-current alarm when the trigger is used by PA2 StartBoost
BUG: A device attached via aquabus tubemeter is read reliably
BUG: improvements in detection at the touch aquaero 5 XT
BUG: Fixed sporadic aquabusfehler after a wake from standby
BUG: USB, changes when several similar devices are connected or are connected to devices with a high polling rate on the same root hub

aquaduct mk4 - 1007 firmware
BUG: improvements in detection of the touch
BUG: USB, changes when several similar devices are connected or are connected to devices with a high polling rate on the same root hub

I can't believe a year on and we still don't have a Release Candidate 1 let alone a finish software product lol. Some Project Manager needs firing lol

[D749]

Software: AS2012 Beta 13
AQ5 Pro Firmware: 1022
PA2 Firmware: 1033

I have 1 AQ5 Pro and 4 PA2 all connected together.

Question (1): Is there any way to have the AQ5 Pro display information for connected PA2s? I had assumed that when PA2s were connected to an AQ5 Pro you could use the AQ5 Pro to scroll through and display information on all fan channels not just the 4 that come with the AQ5 Pro. My AQ5 Pro only shows the 4 channels even with all the PA2 connected. To see all 8 channels I have to use AS2012.

Question (2): While I can see RPMs for all PA2 channels in AS 2012 (nothing is connected to the AQ5 Pro) the software shows no default fan power information for any of the channels. If I try to set values nothing will take (e.g., I can't slow the fans down). The weird thing is I know that when I launched AS2012 yesterday it displayed fan titles (e.g., "Fan 1") and default power values though it still did not let me modify them. I might have updated the firmware in between? I've tried to reinstall AS2012 scratch but that does fix the issue. Am I missing something?

The first image below is how things SHOULD be. The second image is what I see most of the time I start up AS2012B13.
I took both screenshots during the SAME day with the SAME hardware. In either situation I'm unable to modify the voltage for the fans. Whatever value I selected doesn't register.




Thanks.

[Martinm210]

I would have assumed the same on Q1, but I never actually had a PA2 connected to the AQ5 myself. The only thing I've connected through the aquabus is an aquastream XT.

I'm not sure which takes precedence the manual sliders you have highlighted above or a target controller. Perhaps you need to delete all the controllers you have set up first or something?

[D749]

I would have assumed the same on Q1, but I never actually had a PA2 connected to the AQ5 myself. The only thing I've connected through the aquabus is an aquastream XT.

I'm not sure which takes precedence the manual sliders you have highlighted above or a target controller. Perhaps you need to delete all the controllers you have set up first or something?

You can delete controllers and set them up? Those fan channels just showed up when I started AS2012B13. Please explain.

[Martinm210]

Going by memory (#2 board is stuck in recovery mode still), but I recall having some odd control things using the manual min/max controls when I was playing with the old beta 10. If you have a target set up for the fans speeds it just seemed like I had trouble getting the fans to respond to manual controls like that min/max setting.

But, if that's a fresh Beta 13 install, you shouldn't have any target/controls set up yet so I'm not sure why you can't make them control.

[Martinm210]

I would probably try to flash the PA2s again, then see. I know I've heard that you have to do that separately first. Or maybe there is just a bug with beta 13 or something??

[D749]

I would probably try to flash the PA2s again, then see. I know I've heard that you have to do that separately first. Or maybe there is just a bug with beta 13 or something??

I set each PA2 to their own bus number and each came with 1033 already flashed. I'm hoping it's a bug with beta 13. I wish AC would get their act together. These things aren't cheap.

I appreciate all the suggestions Martin.