5 installing a cpu, 1 removing the cpu fan and heatsink assembly – Asus Pundit-R350 User Manual

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ASUS Pundit-R350 book size barebone system

2.5

Installing a CPU

The motherboard comes with a surface mount 478-pin Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket specifically designed for Intel

Pentium

4 processor.

You need to remove the CPU fan duct and heatsink assembly before you
could install a CPU.

2.5.1 Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly

The system package includes a pre-installed proprietary CPU fan and
heatsink assembly with a fan duct to provide an efficient thermal solution
to the system.

Do not replace the proprietary CPU fan and heatsink with other models.

Locate the CPU fan and
heatsink assembly.

Remove the two screws that
secure the fan duct on the CPU
fan and heatsink assembly.

Lift the fan duct, then set aside.