Hypertherm PCBS-0124 - Manual (Page 14)

Installations
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Removing a CPU:
1. Before removing the CPU, turn off the MBATX-845GV-VEAH Series
power; then wait for about 20 minutes until the heat radiation plate of the
cooling fan and the CPU cools down.
2. To remove the CPU, lift the releasing lever of the Socket 478.
Note: The CPU and the heat radiation plate are hot. They may cause
burns.
To remove the CPU, reverse the installation steps.
2.1.2
Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Make sure a secure contact is made between the processors and the
heat sinks & fan. Insufficient contact, incorrect types of heat sinks, fans, or
thermal compounds, or improper amounts of thermal compound applied on
the CPU can cause the processors to overheat, which may crash the system.
Figure 4: Heat Sink & Retention Module Installation
Heat Sink & Fan
(For P4 processor only)
Installation Retention Module
(For P4 Heat Sink & Fan)