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2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan

The Intel® LGA1366 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance.

•When you buy a boxed Intel® processor, the package includes the CPU fan and heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, ensure that you use only Intel®‑certified multi‑directional heatsink and fan.

•Your Intel® LGA1366 heatsink and fan assembly comes in a push-pin design and requires no tool to install.

•If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, ensure that you have properly applied Thermal Interface Material to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you install the heatsink and fan assembly.

•Your P6T SE motherboard is compatible with LGA1366 and LGA775 CPU fan and heatsink assemblies, providing more flexibility for CPU cooling options.

Ensure that you have installed the motherboard to the chassis before you install the CPU fan and heatsink assembly.

If you purchased a separate CPU heatsink and fan assembly, ensure that the 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

A

 

CPU, making sure that the four fasteners

 

 

match the holes on the motherboard.

B

2.

Push down two fasteners at a time in

B

 

a diagonal sequence to secure the

 

heatsink and fan assembly in place.

AB

A

1

B

A

1

 

 

Orient the heatsink and fan assembly such that the CPU fan cable is closest to the CPU fan connector.

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