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4: Installing The Motherboard
Installing the HeatsinkOnce you have installed the CPU, you must install a Fan/Heatsink. The Fan/Heatsink clips into to the Retention Mechanism attached to the board via its integrated retaining clip assembly.
Apply Thermal Interface Material
Before you install the Fan/Heatsink you must apply the Thermal Interface Material (TIM) that is supplied in an applicator with boxed Intel Pentium 4 processors (or an exact equivalent) to the top of the installed CPU. If the Fan/Heatsink already has a patch of TIM on its under- side, you don’t need to apply any additional TIM to the CPU. We assume here that you have TIM in an Intel- supplied applicator. To apply TIM to the CPU do as fol- lows:
1.Apply all of the TIM in the applicator to the center of the CPU’s top plate.
TIM applicator
Step 1:
Apply TIM if needed.
2.Do not spread the TIM around. When you place the Heatsink on top of the CPU the material will dis-
perse evenly.
Align and place on top of the CPU
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