Asus V2-M3A3200: Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly: Asus V2-M3A3200
Table of contents
- Front panel features Rear panel features
- Internal components
- Selecting the voltage Removing the side cover and front panel assembly
- Installing a CPU
- Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
- Installing a DIMM Installing an expansion card
- Installing storage drives
- Removing the bay covers and reinstalling the front panel assembly and side cover
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Installing an AMD CPU
1. Locate the CPU socket, then lift the socket lever to a 90º angle.
2. Install the CPU to the socket, making sure that the CPU corner with the gold
triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle.
3. Push down the socket lever to secure the CPU.
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CAUTION: Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and
severely damage the CPU!
Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
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Installing an Intel
Pentium
4 CPU heatsink and fan
1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed
CPU, making sure that the four fasteners
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match the holes on the motherboard.
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2. Push down two fasteners at a time in a
B
diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink
and fan assembly in place.
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3. When the fan and heatsink assembly is in
place, connect the CPU fan cable to the
connector on the motherboard.
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Installing an AMD CPU heatsink and fan
1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU.
IMPORTANT.Makesurethatthefanandheatsinkassemblyperfectlytstheretention
mechanism module base; otherwise you can not lock the retention bracket.
2. Attach one end of the retention bracket to the retention module base.
3. Attach the other end of the retention bracket (near the retention bracket lock)
to the retention module base until it clicks in place.
NOTE. Your boxed CPU should come with installation instructions for the CPU, fan/heatsink
assembly, and the retention mechanism. If the instructions in this section do not match the
CPU documentation, follow the latter.
4. Push down the retention bracket lock on the retention mechanism to secure
the fan and heatsink to the module retention module base.
5. Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard.
CAUTION. Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring error
can occur if you fail to plug this connector.
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CPU fan
Retention
bracket lock
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CPU fan
connector
Retention bracket
CPU heatsink
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Retention module base
