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Installing the CPU heatsink and fan

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1.6.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan The Intel® LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. • When you buy a boxed Intel® processor, the package includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, ensure that you use only Intel®‑certified multi‑directional heatsink and fan. • Your Intel® LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires no tool to install. • If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make sure that you have properly applied Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you install the heatsink and fan assembly. Ensure that you have installed the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. To install the CPU heatsink and fan: 1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, making sure that the four fasteners B match the holes on the motherboard. 2. Push down two fasteners at a time in a diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink and fan assembly in place. A B A A B 1 B A 1 The type of CPU heatsink and fan assembly may differ, but the installation steps and fucntions should remain the same. The illustration above is for reference only. 3. Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN. CPU_FAN CPU FAN PWM CPU FAN IN CPU FAN PWR GND Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector. P5KPL SE P5KPL SE CPU fan connector 1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.6.2
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
The Intel
®
LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to
ensure optimum thermal condition and performance.
When you buy a boxed Intel
®
processor, the package includes the CPU fan and
heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, ensure that you use only Intel
®
-certified
multi-directional heatsink and fan.
• Your Intel
®
LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires
no tool to install.
If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make sure that you have
properly applied Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you
install the heatsink and fan assembly.
Ensure that you have installed the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU
fan and heatsink assembly.
The type of CPU heatsink and fan assembly may differ, but the installation steps and
fucntions should remain the same. The illustration above is for reference only.
To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
1.
Place the heatsink on top of the installed
CPU, making sure that the four fasteners
match the holes on the motherboard.
2.
Push down two fasteners at a time in a
diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink
and fan assembly in place.
3.
Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN.
Do not forget to connect
the CPU fan connector!
Hardware monitoring errors
can occur if you fail to plug
this connector.
A
A
B
B
1
1
A
B
B
A
CPU_FAN
CPU FAN PWM
CPU FAN IN
CPU FAN PWR
GND
P5KPL SE
P5KPL SE CPU fan connector