Installing the Intel CPU Cooler
1. Flip over the mainboard and locate the position of the CPU sockets.
2. Install the backplates to the back of the CPU sockets with holes aligned.
CPU cooler backplate
3. Install the CPU(s) following the in-
structions on page 2-4.
4. Apply some heat paste all over the
top of the CPU and place the cooler
onto it.
6. Screw to secure the CPU cooler.
7. In s t all an ot her CP U f an s in k if
nec essary.
Mainboard photos shown in this sec-
tion are for demonstration only and may
differ from the ac tual look of y our
mainboard.
Hardware Setup
5. Connect the CPU fan power cord to
CPUFAN1.
Note: If dual processors are installed,
connec t the second CPU fan power
cord to CPUFAN2.
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