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Installing the CPU heatsink and fan

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2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan The Intel® Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe L/Presler LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. • When you buy a boxed Intel® Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe L/Presler processor, the package includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use only Intel®‑certified multi‑directional heatsink and fan. • Your Intel® Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe L/Presler 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. Make sure 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 match the holes on the motherboard. Orient the heatsink and fan assembly such that the CPU fan cable is closest to the CPU fan connector. Narrow end . of the groove Motherboard hole Fastener Make sure to orient each fastener with the narrow end of the groove pointing outward. (The photo shows the groove shaded for emphasis.) ASUS P5LD2-X/1333 2-

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ASUS P5LD2-X/1333
2-µ
Fastener
Motherboard hole
2.3.2
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
The Intel
®
Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe L/Presler LGA775
processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure
optimum thermal condition and performance.
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.
Narrow end
of the groove
When you buy a boxed Intel
®
Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe
L/Presler processor, the package
includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately,
make sure that you use only Intel
®
-certified multi-directional heatsink and
fan.
Your Intel
®
Prescott/Smithfield/Cedarmill/ Conroe/Conroe L/Presler 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.
Make sure that you have installed the motherboard to the chassis before you
install the CPU fan and heatsink assembly.
Make sure to orient each fastener with the narrow end of the groove pointing
outward. (The photo shows the groove shaded for emphasis.)
Orient the heatsink and fan
assembly such that the CPU
fan cable is closest to the CPU
fan connector.