Pc Chips M811 Motherboard Install The AMD

Figure 20 shows the wire from the heatsink fan being plugged into the motherboard connector marked.

Pc Chips M811 Motherboard Install The AMD

Failure to install the AMD Athlon or the AMD Duron processor properly may adversely affect operation and may void your warranty coverage.

For the latest information on the components that have been tested by AMD and are recommended for best performance, always check the AMD web site.

Note: In this guide, the AMD Athlon or AMD Duron processor is installed in Socket A of the motherboard before installing the motherboard and processor assembly into the system chassis.

This is usually the easiest way to install the processor and heatsink.

Note that the release lever on the side of the socket is down.

Notice how the pin array at the two upper corners in the picture are angled and there are no pins in either top corner.

Figure 5 shows the processor installed and the release lever lowered to lock the processor in place.

With the processor now properly installed, the heatsink and fan assembly can be attached.

Notice that the assemblies vary in size, fin density, and clip design.

The stepped portion fits over the top of the socket, where the legend is molded into the plastic.

Socket 462.

Note: The phase-change thermal compound is very important to the efficiency and success of the heatsink.

The compound must be applied evenly to the surface of the heatsink so it can (basically) melt and fill any microscopic voids in the surfaces of the processor and heatsink with a thermally conductive material.

Side View of Heatsink and Clip on an Socket A AMD Processor.

Figure 12 shows the first step in the installation of the heatsink.

The heatsink must be placed on the processor with the short end of the clip attached to the center lug at the bottom of the socket.

Figure 13 shows a side view of the heatsink with the clip installed on the center socket lug at the bottom of the socket.

Notice how the heatsink rests on the rubber pads and not on the processor itself.

Figure 15 shows the heatsink clip being installed on the center lug at the top of the processor socket.

To install this clip, push firmly only on the end of the clip.

Figure 17 shows the clip being locked securely on the center lug.

Keep the clip at the same level as the lug and press slightly inward so that the clip is hooked onto the center lug on the top end of the socket.

No matter which tool is used, the clip must be aligned with the center socket lugs for the clip to fit.

After installing the heatsink, the next step is to connect the fan.

Pc Chips M811 Motherboard Manual