Turn the push pins with a flat bladed screwdriver counterclockwise 90 degrees to release them.
Installing intel cpu heatsink fan.
Before installing a cpu fan and heatsink you ll first have to determine whether you need to apply thermal paste to the cpu.
Use light top down pressure to place the base plate or waterblock of your cooler onto the cpu and hold that pressure while attaching the cooler to the mounting mechanism.
Turn the push pins clockwise 90 degrees to reset them.
Installing a new intel processor is an important step of any pc build or upgrade.
To reset the processor fan push pins remove the fan and reinstall it as shown below.
Cpu coolers generally come in two varieties.
The instructions also apply to lga1155 based processors due to the similarity between the installation processes.
The video refers to the installation of lga1156 socket processors and fan heat sinks.
The boxed fan heat sink installation is the same for both sockets since the fan heat sink footprint is the same.
As we have explained in our what is cpu thermal paste article it is essential to have thermal paste between the cpu and heat sink without it your cpu will run about 20 to 30 c hotter under load.
Remove the fan connector from the fan header.
This video is about how to install a desktop computer fan.
You ll want to use enough force to keep the cooler from sliding and to evenly distribute the thermal paste but you don t want to push hard enough.
Get it wrong and you could cost yourself hundreds of dollars.
Here s how to install a new intel cpu without issue.
Visit intel processor installation center for more information on integrating desktop processors.
These instructions assume that the boxed processor and fan heat sink are new and the factory applied thermal interface material is applied to the bottom of the fan heat sink.