Installation Instructions
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Connect the front side of the heat sink with the backplane, and make sure the
heat sink contacts well with the top cover surface of the CPU;
Use two screws to fasten the two diagonal corners of the heat sink (do not
tighten them first), then add two screws on the other diagonal corners. Then,
tighten the four screws;
Finally, connect the fan power cable with the fan socket on the motherboard.
Note:
It is recommended to use cooling fan authenticated by Intel; Before installing
the fan, smear thermal grease onto the contact surface between CPU and fan
cooling fins, so as to enhance the heat dissipation performance.
2.25 SATA HDD Hot Swap
Please pay attention to the following when carrying out SATA HDD hotswap:
(1) The hard disk must support SATA2.0 interface or above, and 15-pin SATA HDD
power connector is used;
(2) The SATA hard disk only supports hot swap function only at AHCI mode and
when the hot swap function is enabled.
(3) The driver of chipset shall support the hot-swap of SATA hard disk.
(4) Do not hot swap SATA hard disk where the operating system is located when
system is powered-on.
Note: Please carry out hot plugging as follows. Improper operation may destroy the
hard disk or result in data loss.