Gigabyte GA-2CEWH User Manual page 11

Step 4. When the processor installation is completed, apply thermal grease to the processor(as
shown in Figure 4) prior to installing the heatsink. AMD recommends using a high thermal
conductivity grease for the thermal interface material rather than a phase change material.
Phase change materials develop strong adhesive forces between the heatsink and
processor.
Removing the heatsink under such conditions can cause the processor to be
removed from the socket without moving the socket lever to the unlocked
position and then damage the processor pins or socket contacts.
** We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your
CPU and heatsink. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the
thermal paste. During this condition if you try to remove the cooling fan, you might pull the
processor out of the CPU socket alone with the cooling fan, and might damage the processor.
To avoid this from happening, we suggest you to either use thermal tape instead of thermal
paste, or remove the cooling fan with extreme caution.)
Hardware Installation Process
Figure 3. A1 pin location on the Socket and
Processor.Move the socket lever to the locked
position while holding pressure on the center of the
processor.
gure 4. Application of Thermal Grease to the
iFi
processor.
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