Hardware Reference
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Verify that both brackets are secured over both tabs, and then press the black
plastic cam lever down until it latches to lock the CPU cooler to the processor
socket, as shown in Figure 3-22.
Figure 3-21.
Press the latching bracket into position over the
second tab
Figure 3-22.
Press the black plastic cam lever on the CPU cooler
down until it latches to secure the CPU cooler to the processor
socket
Ordinarily, we make a point of connecting the CPU cooler fan to the mother-
board fan power header pins immediately after installing the CPU cooler, lest
we forget to do so. With this motherboard and CPU cooler, though, there's a
slight problem. The length of the CPU fan cable and the location of the CPU
fan power connector on the motherboard make it easier to install the memory
modules before connecting the fan.
To install the memory modules, open the DIMM locking brackets on both sides
of both memory sockets, as shown in Figure 3-23.
Touch the chassis or power supply to ground yourself before you handle the
memory modules. Align one DIMM with the memory slot nearest the proces-
sor, as shown in Figure 3-24. Make sure the keying notch on the contact edge of
the memory module aligns with the keying tab in the socket and that the two
sides of the memory module fit into the slots on the vertical sides of the memory
slot.
Align the memory module and the slot, with the DIMM vertical relative to the
slot and both sides of the DIMM aligned with the vertical slots in the socket.
Using both thumbs, press straight down on the memory module until it seats,
as shown in Figure 3-25.
Before you install the second memory module, make sure the first module
is fully seated and latched. The metal contacts on the base of the memory
module should be concealed by the memory socket, and the plastic latch-
ing tabs on the memory socket should snap into place to latch the module
into position, as shown in Figure 3-26. If the metal contacts on the base of the
memory module are visible, the DIMM is not fully seated. Remove it, realign it,
and reseat it. If the latching tabs are not seated in the notches on the memory
module, it's possible that the module is not seated completely, but sometimes
those latching tabs don't snap into position even if the module is seated properly.
