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Step 2: Mount the Heatsink

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3. HARDWARE SETUP Step 2: Mount the Heatsink: 1. Open the retaining clips. Place the heatsink on the CPU. The heatsink should entirely cover the CPU. The plastic heatsink support braces have built-in retaining clips, right. Close and snap the clips into the locked position. With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink locking brace, no extra force is required to keep the CPU in place. 2. Connect the CPU fan cable to the fan connector. (See 3.1 Motherboard Layout / 3.8 Connectors). CAUTION! Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when mounting a clamp-style processor fan, or else damage may occur. When mounting a heatsink onto your CPU, make sure that exposed CPU capacitors do not touch the heatsink, or else damage may occur! Refer to heatsink/CPU documentation. WARNING! Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor's heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working. Without sufficient circulation, the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard. You may install an auxiliary fan, if necessary. 3. H/W SETUP Heatsink 26 ASUS P4T User's Manual

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ASUS P4T User’s Manual
3. HARDWARE SETUP
1. Open the retaining clips.
Place the
heatsink on the CPU.
The heatsink
should entirely cover the CPU.
The
plastic
heatsink support braces
have
built-in
retaining clips
, right.
Close and
snap the clips into the locked position.
With the added weight of the CPU fan
and heatsink locking brace, no extra
force is required to keep the CPU in
place.
2. Connect the
CPU fan
cable
to the
fan connector
.
(
See
3.1 Motherboard
Layout
/
3.8 Connectors
).
Step 2: Mount the Heatsink:
CAUTION!
Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when
mounting a clamp-style processor fan, or else damage may occur.
When
mounting a heatsink onto your CPU, make sure that exposed CPU
capacitors do not touch the heatsink, or else damage may occur!
Refer
to heatsink/CPU documentation.
WARNING!
Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the
processor’s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working.
Without sufficient circulation, the processor could overheat and damage
both the processor and the motherboard. You may install an auxiliary
fan, if necessary.
3. H/W SETUP
Heatsink