4: Installing The Motherboar
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4: Installing The Motherboard
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Installing the Fan/Heatsink
Once you have installed the CPU, you must install a
Fan/Heatsink assembly. The Fan/Heatsink clips onto to
the CPU socket.
Prepare the Heatsink
Before you install the Fan/Heatsink you must prepare
the Fan/Heatsink assembly. The heatsink has a patch of
thermal interface material on the underside that is cov-
ered with protective tape or by a plastic cover that cov-
ers the entire bottom of the heatsink. You must remove
the tape before you install the Fan/Heatsink assembly.
To remove the plastic cover, just pull it off. To remove
the tape do as follows:
1. Hold the free end of the tape at a 90° to the surface
of the heatsink. Pull the tape off with a smooth
quick movement that removes the tape only and
not the underlying thermal interface material.
Remove protective tape
from the Thermal
Interface Material
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Remove the protective
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underside of the heatsink
by quickly pulling it off
at an angle of 90
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the heatsink.
Next, install the processor Fan/Heatsink assembly as de-
tailed below.