MSI P43T User Guide - Page 22

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▍ Hardware Setup 9. Press down the load lever lightly onto the load plate, and then secure the lever with the hook under retention tab. 10. Align the holes on the mainboard with the heatsink. Push down the cooler until its four clips get wedged into the holes of the mainboard. 11. Press the four hooks down to fasten the cooler. Then rotate the locking switch (refer to the correct direction marked on it) to lock the hooks. 12. Turn over the mainboard to confirm that the clip-ends are correctly inserted. Mainboard locking switch Hook Important • Read the CPU status in BIOS. • Whenever CPU is not installed, always protect your CPU socket pin with the plastic cap covered (shown in Figure 1) to avoid damaging. • Mainboard photos shown in this section are for demonstration of the CPU/ cooler in- stallation only. The appearance of your mainboard may vary depending on the model you purchase. 2-6

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Hardware Setup
Ma±nboard
Hook
Important
Read the CPU status ±n BIOS.
Whenever CPU ±s not ±nstalled, always protect your CPU socket p±n w±th the plast±c
cap covered (shown ±n F±gure 1) to avo±d damag±ng.
Ma±nboard photos shown ±n th±s sect±on are for demonstrat±on of the CPU/
cooler ±n-
stallat±on only. The appearance of your ma±nboard may vary depend±ng on the model
you purchase.
lock±ng
sw±tch
Press down the load lever l±ghtly onto
the load plate, and then secure the
lever w±th the hook under retent±on
tab.
9.
Al±gn the holes on the ma±nboard w±th
the heats±nk. Push down the cooler
unt±l ±ts four cl±ps get wedged ±nto the
holes of the ma±nboard.
10.
Press the four hooks down to fasten
the cooler. Then rotate the lock±ng
sw±tch (refer to the correct d±rect±on
marked on ±t) to lock the hooks.
11.
Turn over the ma±nboard to confirm
that the cl±p-ends are correctly ±n-
serted.
12.