Installling The Cpu Heatsink And Fan - Asus P5GC MX 1333 - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual

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Installling the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel Core™2 Duo/Pentium
®
require 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
Celeron
heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use
only Intel
• Your I Intel
heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires no tool
to install.
If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make sure that
a Thermal Interface Material is properly applied to the CPU heatsink or CPU
before you install the heatsink and fan assembly.
To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
1. Place the heatsink on top of the
installed CPU, making sure that the
four fasteners match the holes on
the motherboard.
Make sure each fastener is oriented as shown, with the narrow groove directed
outward.
ASUS P5GC-MX/1333
D/Pentium
®
®
D LGA775 processor, the package includes the CPU fan and
®
-certified multi-directional heatsink and fan.
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Core™2 Duo/Pentium
®
Fastener
Motherboard hole
4 and Celeron
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Core™2 Duo/Pentium
D/Pentium 4 or Celeron
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D processors
D/Pentium 4 or
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D LGA775
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