Installing The Cpu Heatsink And Fan - Asus P5QPL-VM Manual

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Installing the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to
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ensure optimum thermal condition and performance.
• When you buy a boxed Intel
• Your Intel
• If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, ensure that you have
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, ensuring 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.
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Orient the heatsink and fan assembly such that the CPU fan cable is closest to the CPU fan
connector.
3. When the fan and heatsink assembly is in place, connect the CPU fan cable to the
connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN.
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P5QPL-VM CPU fan connector
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heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, ensure that you use only Intel
multi-directional heatsink and fan.
LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires
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no tool to install.
properly applied Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you
install the heatsink and fan assembly.
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CPU_FAN
processor, the package includes the CPU fan and
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Do not forget to connect
the CPU fan connector!
Hardware monitoring errors
can occur if you fail to plug
this connector.
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