AMD N2PAP-LITE - Manual (Page 3)

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Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Release August 2003
Item Checklist
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N2PA-LITE/N2PAP-LITE Motherboard
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Cable for IDE/Floppy
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CD for Motherboard Utilities
Cable for USB2 Port (Option)
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N2PA-LITE/N2PAP-LITE User’s Manual
AMD Athlon™ XP/ Athlon™/ Duron™ Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speed and higher performance, thermal management
becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems. Maintaining the proper thermal
environment is key to reliable, long-term system operation. The overall goal in providing the proper
thermal environment is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature.
Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated
airflow from attached fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the
processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease
and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.
When selecting a thermal solution for your system, please refer to the website below for collection
of heatsinks evaluated and recommended by AMD for use with AMD processors. Note, those
heatsinks are recommended for maintaining the specified maximum Tcase requirement. In addition,
this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support AMD
processors.
For vendor list of heatsink and fan, please visit
http://www1.amd.com/products/duron/thermals
http://www1.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals