Supermicro X7SBI-LN4-B User Manual

Chapter 2: Installation

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1. Do not apply any thermal grease to 

the heatsink or the CPU die, the required 

amount has already been applied. 

2. Place the heatsink on top of the 

CPU so that the four mounting holes 

are aligned with those on the retention 

mechanism.

3. Screw in two diagonal screws (eg. the 

#1 and the #2 screws) until just snug (do 

not fully tighten the screws, which may 

damage the CPU).

4. Finish the installation by fully tighten-

ing all four screws.

Screw 1

Screw 2