Installing the Heatsink and Fan
The AMD
®
Socket AM2 Athlon
TM
64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon
TM
64 FX, Athlon
TM
64 and Sempron
TM
re-
quires a specially design heatsink and fan assembly. The following procedure is provided for reference
only, please refer to your CPU heatsink and fan user guide for the actual procedure.
Note:
Make sure you only AMD-certified heatsink and fan assembly.
Attention:
Never turn on the system if the CPU fan is not properly installed.
To install heatsink and fan assembly:
1. Locate the CPU retention mechanism base (the bracket
surrounding the CPU socket)
2. Apply a light coat of thermal compound on the CPU.
No
te:
The CPU heatsink have a pre-applied thermal com-
pound, if that’s the case additional thermal compound is not
required.
CPU Fan
CPU Heatsink
CPU Retention
Mechanism
CPU Retention Bracket
CPU Retention Lock
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