Installling The Cpu Heatsink And Fan - Asus P5L-MX User Manual

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Installling the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium
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Celeron D processors require a specially designed heatsink and fan
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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
Pentium
packageincludes 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 I Intel
or Celeron
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 P5L-MX
D/Pentium 4 or Celeron
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Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium
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D LGA775 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-
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Fastener
Motherboard hole
D/Pentium
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Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/
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D LGA775 processor, the
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4 and
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-certified
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D/Pentium 4
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