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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® Pentium® 4 /Pentium® D LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. • Install the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. • When you buy a boxed Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, the package includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. • Your Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires no tool to install it. • Make sure that you use Intel®-certified multi-directional heatsink and fan only. • 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, and make 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 P5VDC-X 1-11

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ASUS P5VDC-X
1.6.2
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
The Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 /Pentium
®
D LGA775 processor requires a specially
designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition
and performance.
•
Install the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU fan
and heatsink assembly.
•
When you buy a boxed Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor, the package
includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly.
•
Your Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in
a push-pin design and requires no tool to install it.
•
Make sure that you use Intel
®
-certified multi-directional heatsink and
fan only.
•
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, and make sure
that the four fasteners match
the holes on the motherboard.
Fastener
Motherboard hole
Make sure to orient each fastener with the narrow end of the groove
pointing outward. (The photo shows the groove shaded for emphasis.)
Narrow end
of the groove
Orient the heatsink and fan
assembly such that the CPU
fan cable is closest to the
CPU fan connector.