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Hardware Installation
6. Apply a thin layer of
thermal paste on top of
the copper plate. Do
not spread the paste all
over the surface. When
you later place the heat
sink on top, the com-
pound will disper se
evenly.
CPU fan
connector
7. Place the heat sink / fan
assembly on top of the
CPU then connect the
CPU fan’s cable connec-
tor to the CPU fan
connector on the sys-
tem board.
8. Insert the other metal
plate of the rentention
module into their corre-
sponding screws then
fasten nuts into the
screws to secure the
heat sink / fan assembly
in place.
Retention
module
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