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User’s Manual
Mini P4 Barebone Series
Chapter 2
4. After installing the CPU you need to apply the Ther-
mal Interface Material (TIM) to the top of the installed
CPU (Fig. 2) and remove the piece of tape from the
Heatsink. The TIM is supplied in an applicator with
the boxed Pentium 4 processors. The TIM secures the
Fan/Heatsink to the CPU. However, if the Fan/
Heatsink already has a patch of TIM on its underside,
you won’t need to apply additional TIM to the CPU
(Fig. 1).
Step 4
Fig. 2
Fig. 1
The heatsink may have thermal interface material attached to the bottom as shown in
Fig.1, or you may need to apply the thermal interface material using a syringe as
shown in Fig.2.
Be careful not to damage the
thermal interface material.
Using the enclosed syringe apply
all of the thermal interface material
to the top of the processor.
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