Installing The Cpu Heatsink And Fan - Asus P5PE-VM Hardware User Manual

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Installing the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel Pentium
®
heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and
performance.
• When you buy a boxed Intel
includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a
CPU separately, make sure that you use only Intel
multi-directional heatsink and fan.
• Your Intel
a push-pin design and requires no tool to install.
• If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, make
sure that you have properly applied Thermal Interface Material to
the CPU heatsink or CPU before you install the heatsink and fan
assembly.
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, making 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.
Make sure to orient each fastener with the narrow end of the groove
pointing outward. (The photo shows the groove shaded for emphasis.)
ASUS P5PE-VM
4 LGA775 processor requires a specially designed
®
Pentium 4 LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in
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Narrow end
of the groove
Pentium 4 processor, the package
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Fastener
-certified
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Motherboard hole
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