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Thermal and Mechanical Design Guidelines    5 
A.2  Metric for Heatsink Preload for ATX/uATX Designs Non-Compliant with 
Intel
®
 Reference Design........................................................................71 
A.2.1  Heatsink Preload Requirement Limitations...................................71 
A.2.2  Motherboard Deflection Metric Definition.....................................72 
A.2.3  Board Deflection Limits ............................................................73 
A.2.4  Board Deflection Metric Implementation Example.........................74 
A.2.5  Additional Considerations .........................................................75 
A.3  Heatsink Selection Guidelines.................................................................76 
Appendix B  Heatsink Clip Load Metrology............................................................................77 
B.1  Overview ............................................................................................77 
B.2  Test Preparation...................................................................................77 
B.2.1  Heatsink Preparation................................................................77 
B.2.2  Typical Test Equipment ............................................................80 
B.3  Test Procedure Examples.......................................................................80 
B.3.1  Time-Zero, Room Temperature Preload Measurement...................81 
B.3.2  Preload Degradation under Bake Conditions ................................81 
Appendix C  Thermal Interface Management.........................................................................83 
C.1  Bond Line Management.........................................................................83 
C.2  Interface Material Area..........................................................................83 
C.3  Interface Material Performance...............................................................83 
Appendix D  Case Temperature Reference Metrology..............................................................85 
D.1  Objective and Scope.............................................................................85 
D.2  Supporting Test Equipment....................................................................86 
D.3  Thermal calibration and controls.............................................................87 
D.4  IHS Groove .........................................................................................87 
D.5  Thermocouple Attach Procedure .............................................................91 
D.5.1  Thermocouple Conditioning and Preparation................................91 
D.5.2  Thermocouple Attachment to the IHS.........................................92 
D.5.3  Solder Process........................................................................97 
D.5.4  Cleaning & Completion of Thermocouple Installation...................101 
D.6  Thermocouple Wire Management..........................................................104 
Appendix E  Legacy Fan Speed Control..............................................................................107 
E.1  Thermal Solution Design .....................................................................107 
E.1.1  Determine Thermistor Set Points .............................................107 
E.1.2  Minimum Fan Speed Set Point................................................. 108 
E.2  Board and System Implementation .......................................................109 
E.2.1  Choosing Fan Speed Control Settings.......................................109 
E.3  Combining Thermistor and Digital Thermal Sensor Control .......................113 
E.4  Interaction of Thermal Profile and T
CONTROL
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Appendix F  Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) System Thermal Considerations..................119 
Appendix G  Mechanical Drawings.....................................................................................123 
Appendix H  Intel
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 Currently Enabled Reference Solution Information ....................................140 










