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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation
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Chapter 3
Cooling Option
Heat Sink
• “1” denotes the location of the thermal pad designed to contact the cor-
responding component that is on AL9A2. “2” denotes the location reserved
for AL9A2 BIOS ROM socket.
Top View of the Heat Sink
Important:
Remove the plastic covering from the thermal pads prior to mounting the heat sink
onto AL9A2.
Bottom View of the Heat Sink
Installing AL9A2 onto a Carrier Board
Important:
The carrier board (COM100-B) used in this section is for reference purpose only and
may not resemble your carrier board. These illustrations are mainly to guide you on
how to install AL9A2 onto the carrier board of your choice.
1
2
1. Grasp AL9A2 by its edges and position it on top of the carrier board with its COM Express
connector aligned with the COM Express connector on the carrier board. This will also help
align the mountings holes of AL9A2 with the standoffs on the carrier board.
COM Express connector
on AL9A2
COM Express connector
on the carrier board
