Asus P3-PE5: Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly Installing a DIMM

Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly

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Installing an Intel

CPU heatsink and fan

English

1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed

CPU, making sure that the four fasteners

A

B

match the holes on the motherboard.

2. Push down two fasteners at a time in a

B

diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink

A

and fan assembly in place.

3. When the fan and heatsink assembly is in

place, connect the CPU fan cable to the

connector on the motherboard.

1

1

NOTE: Your boxed CPU should come with installation instructions for the CPU and fan/

heatsink assembly. If the instructions in this section do not match the CPU documentation,

follow the latter.

CAUTION: Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring error

can occur if you fail to plug this connector.

Installing a DIMM

1. Locate the DIMM sockets in the motherboard.

2. Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward.

3. Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the socket.

4. Push the DIMM to the socket until the retaining clips snap inward.

4

2

3

CAUTION:

• Unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs. Failure to do so may

cause damage to the motherboard and/or components.

• A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ts in only one direction. Do not force

a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.

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