Installling The Cpu Heatsink And Fan - Asus P5GC-TVM SE Manual

1.3.2

Installling the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel Pentium
®
and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance.
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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.
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.)
1-
 LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink
®
Install the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU fan and
heatsink assembly
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
fan.
Your Intel Pentium
® ®
push-pin design and requires no tool to install.
Pentium  processor, the package
® ®
-certified multi-directional heatsink and
®
 LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a
Narrow end of
the groove
Motherboard hole
Fastener
Chapter 1: Product introduction