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Help ! Installing K8N-E mobo

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Rhodan

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Ok guys,

I've received my pc components this morning, and now i need to assemble it. It's been a while since i've built my own pc, so i need some help.

I've got the Asus K8N-E motherboard, Athlon 64, Zalman CNPS7000B-Alcu heatsink/fan, and some Artic Silver 5.

Now my first question is, how do i install the Zalman heatsink. The motherboard has a black square bracket around the cpu socket, which i assume is for the standard AMD type heatsink to sit on ? Must i take this off ? Also, the motherboard has a retention plate under it, which as 2 little mettle standards poking through the top of the motherboard. The Zalman comes with 2 gold nipples which show it being screwed into the retention plate, but these 2 mettle standoffs would make it too high ? Do i just screw the Zalman straight into these standoffs or do i screw the Zalman gold nipples into them first ?

Please help !
 
Also, do i need to cover the entire CPU with artic silver ? The Zalman site says so, but the artic silver site says just put a drop in the middle and put the heatsink on ?
 
I covered the whole CPU with Artic Silver 5, a thin coat by the way. As for installing the heatsink, I am not sure about the one you got. Go look on the Zalman web site and maybe they have more detailed information about how to do it. Or at least you can ask them a question through email.
 
Ok i've figured out the Zalman heatsink part, i managed to take off the Asus retention plate and use the Zalman instead, yay !

Anyone else know about the Artic Silver ? Is it just a drop or do i cover the whole CPU ?
 
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