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3. HARDWARE SETUP
Step 1: Mount the Black Plastic Heatsink Support Braces:
1. Insert the four black plastic collars from
the top through to the bottom of the
motherboard. Insert the white plastic
plugs into the middle of the black
plastic collars and pop them firmly out
the bottom of the motherboard. This
instruction applies to both types of
heatsink support clips in steps 2a and 2b.
Step 2a: Mount Heatsink Using Built-in Retaining Clips:
1. Open the retaining clips. Place the
heatsink on the CPU. The heatsink
should entirely cover the CPU. The
plastic heatsink support braces have
built-in retaining clips, right. Close and
snap the clips into the locked position.
With the added weight of the CPU fan
and heatsink locking brace, no extra
force is required to keep the CPU in
place.
2. Connect the CPU fan cable to the fan connector. (See 3.1 Motherboard
Layout / 3.8 Connectors).
CAUTION!
Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when
mounting a clamp-style processor fan, or else damage may occur. When
mounting a heatsink onto your CPU, make sure that exposed CPU
capacitors do not touch the heatsink, or else damage may occur! Refer
to heatsink/CPU documentation.
WARNING!
Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the
processor's heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working.
Without sufficient circulation, the processor could overheat and damage
both the processor and the motherboard. You may install an auxiliary
fan, if necessary.
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