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Performance Hardware

User’s Guide

Version 1.0

September, 2010

C o r s a i r A i r S e r i e s

A 7 0 / A 5 0 M o u n t i n g

G u i d e f o r A M D

S y t e m s

An illustrated guide to mounting the Corsair Air Series A70 and A50 coolers
onto AMD based motherboards.

Summary of Contents for Air A50

Page 1: ...uide Version 1 0 September 2010 C o r s a i r A i r S e r i e s A 7 0 A 5 0 M o u n t i n g G u i d e f o r A M D S y t e m s An illustrated guide to mounting the Corsair Air Series A70 and A50 cooler...

Page 2: ...formance Features Compatible with Intel and AMD systems Four 8mm copper direct contact heatpipes Aluminum fins Low noise low vibration 120mm fans mounted on rubber studs Selectable 1 600 or 2 000RPM a...

Page 3: ...are shown below and are also shown in the illustrated installation guide included with your cooler The kit below is for the A70 and in cludes a second fan The A50 kit includes same mounting hardware a...

Page 4: ...A drop the size of a small pea or grain of rice is sufficient Once the TIM is applied the next step is to sit the cooler on top of the CPU The AMD retention bracket attaches to the 2 retention tabs th...

Page 5: ...nd over the base of the cooler in the unlocked position you simply rotate the locking mechanism clockwise and the cooler is mounted Here the lever is in the unlocked position Be sure that the lever is...

Page 6: ...below a gentle push is all it takes As previ ously noted the A50 has a single fan while the A70 has 2 fans The locking tabs are circled in red The groove into which they lock is indicated by the red...

Page 7: ...Mounting Guide Intel http forum corsair com forums showthread php t 90108 Corsair Cooling Products Support Forum http forum corsair com v3 forumdisplay php f 155 Corsair Blog http blog corsair com Oc...