Swiftech MCX478 - Manual

Copyright Swiftech 2001 – All rights reserved – Last revision date: Oct. 2001
Rouchon Industries, Inc., dba Swiftech – 1703 E. 28
th Street, Signal Hill, CA 90806 – Tel. 562-595-8009 – Fax 562-595-8769
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Packing list
Parts Qty Parts Qty
Heat Sink 1 Springs 4
Fan 1 Nylon flat washers 8
Fan guard 1 Nylon 6-32 Hex nuts 4
6-32 x 2” screws (for fan) 4 Black fiber washers 4
6-32 x 1 ½” screws (for HS) 4 Thermal grease 1
Standoffs 4 4-40 socket screws 4
Mounting Brackets 2
I. Preparing the motherboard
1. You must uninstall your MB prior to installing the MCX478 heat sink.
2. Install standoffs in MB.
Nylon, hex nut
on back side of
the MB
Standoff
Install standoff in each one of the four
holes surrounding the socket. Keep the
standoff centered over the MB holes, and
secure with nylon hex nuts on backside
of the MB. If you are going to
assemble/disassemble the heat sink
frequently, we recommend finishing the
installation by putting a drop of “Crazy
Glue “ at the junction between standoff &
MB, and between nylon hex nut & MB.
This will lock the standoff onto the MB,
and further prevent it from spinning lose
during frequent assembly and
disassembly operations.
3. Re-install the MB inside the case.
II. Heat sink Installation
1. Install the two mounting brackets onto the heat
sink, using the provided 4-40 x 1/4” socket screws:
4-40 x 1/4“
socket screw
Bracket
2. For the next step, the case should be laying flat on
a table
3. Insert the processor into the socket, and lightly coat the processor core
with high quality thermal compound. Only a paper thin coat is
necessary. It should be applied using preferably a razor blade, or a credit
card, held between thumb and index at a 45 degree angle. It is critical to
ascertain that the entire core is covered with a uniform coat of thermal
compound. Thermal performance will dramatically decrease if any portion
of the core is not covered by thermal compound. We recommend Arctic
Silver or similar high end compound for superior thermal conductivity.
4. Place the bare MCX478 heat sink over the CPU as shown in the picture
below. The step side should be located over the socket’s cam box. Keep
the heat sink mounting holes lined up with the standoffs.
Socket
cam box
Step
side