User's Manual

Chapter 2: Hardware setup
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13. ConnecttheCPUfancabletotheconnectoronthemotherboardlabeledCPU_FAN1/
CPU_FAN2.
DONOTforgettoconnecttheCPUfanconnector!Hardwaremonitoringerrorscanoccurif
you fail to plug this connector.
TheThermalInterfaceMaterialistoxicandinedible.DONOTeatit.Ifitgetsintoyoureyes
ortouchesyourskin,washitoffimmediately,andseekprofessionalmedicalhelp.
• EnsurethattheThermalInterface
Material is spread in an even thin
layer.
• Someheatsinkscomewith
pre-appliedThermalInterface
Material.Ifso,skipthisstep.
12. ApplysomeThermalInterfaceMaterial
totheexposedareaoftheCPUthatthe
heatsinkwillbeincontactwith.