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Hardware Disassembly
Installing the Cooling Solution Assembly
Before you install the Cooling Solution Assembly replace the Thermal Pads with
Thermal Grease.
16. Remove the Thermal Pads from the Cooling Solution Assembly surfaces.
17. Apply thermal grease to the CPU and Northbridge Modules. Use approximately
one quarter of the contents of the grease syringe to the top of the both as shown
below. Do not use the entire contents of the syringe. Too much grease can block the
airflow around the CPU heat spreader. The goal is for the processor chip to be
evenly covered with grease once the heatsink is installed.
Thermal Grease
• Do not apply the grease with a bare finger tip or talc‐coated glove. Oils on skin
and particulate on the glove can contaminate the grease.
• Make sure none of the grease gets on the circuit board. Heatsink grease is a
strong electrical conductor and can short signals on the board if it crosses trace
paths.
• Recheck to make sure no foreign contaminants are present on either the bottom
of the heat sink or the top of the CPU.
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