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HARDWARE SETUP
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IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
AMD Duron™ and Athlon™ are the very high performance processors.
However, you will easily find that the temperature measured on the
surface of the CPU is cooking hot. So the thermal management becomes
extremely important when installing AMD Duron™ and Athlon™
processors. If the CPU cooling fan is not attached to the CPU properly,
fatal damage may occur to the CPU.
According to the document from AMD, Duron™ and Athlon™ processors
require the larger heatsink. The rotation speed of the cooling fan shall be
6,600 RPM or above. The thermal grease must be applied between the
heatsink and the CPU to improve the heat dissipation. Also, please make
sure that the heatsink is fastened securely on the CPU to make sure the
perfect surface contact so that the heat can be dissipated through the
cooling fan.
Please visit the following site to have more detail of the cooling fan and
the qualified suppliers:
http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals
IMPORTANT
AMD Duron™ and Athlon™ processors require special
care on the CPU cooling fan. Before you can make sure
that the proper cooling fan is installed on the CPU
correctly, lease do not power on the PC system. Otherwise,
the CPU will be destroyed because of the high
temperature.
