Portwell PEB-7702G2A, Installation Manual

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Installations
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Removing a CPU:
1. Before removing the CPU, turn off the PEB-7702G2A Series power; then
wait for about 20 minutes until the heat radiation plate of the cooling fan
and the CPU cools down.
2. To remove the CPU, lift the releasing lever of the Socket 478.
Note: The CPU and the heat radiation plate are hot. They may cause
burns.
To remove the CPU, reverse the installation steps.
2.1.2 Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Make sure that good contact is made between the processors and the
heat sinks & fan. Insufficient contact, incorrect types of heat sinks, fans, or
thermal compound used or improper amount of thermal compound applied
on the CPU die can cause the processors to overheat, which may crash the
system.
Figure 4: Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Heat Sink & Fan
(For P4 processor only)
Installation Retention Module
(For P4 Heat Sink & Fan)