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Specifications and Installation
Specifications and Fan:
The Katana
comes with a pre-installed 92mm fan. The fan does a great job at
keeping the heatsink cool while running quietly. The noise was not
louder than the ATI stock reference cooler on my Radeon X800 video card.
Installation:
Perhaps, the only thing
that I really didn't like was the installation process. It wasn't
extremely hard, but it still required a bit of time and patience to get
things installed correctly. The Katana will be tested on the
LGA775 platform so the installation process will be based on the LGA775
platform. First, locate the two side metal plates and the 4 small
screws. Then secure the two metal plates on the side.
The next
step is to locate the X shaped backplate and the two brackets.
These will be used for the motherboard retention frame. If you
plan to switch out heatsinks in the future, make sure that you DO NOT
peel off the plastic on the X backplate. The sticky pad will stick
on the back of your motherboard like no other and won't come off unless
you pry it off (I had to learn the hard way). Tighten the
front brackets with the 4 slightly longer screws through the back, not
the front. Remember to place washers between the bracket and the
motherboard.
The
last part is the tricky and most time consuming part. First you have
to sit the heatsink down on the CPU in a specific way. If the
heatpipes point down when you stand up the motherboard, then the cooler
is wrongly positioned. Basically, this means that the fan cannot blow
downwards. The optimal position is to either have the fan blow upwards
or to the left. Anyway, after you sit the heatsink down on the CPU,
locate the two lever bars and insert it through the motherboard bracket
loops. Find and use the two long screws and turn the screws until it
begins to push into the metal plate's small dent. It might be easier
to just mimic the pictures below.
Here are
some pictures of the Katana installed.
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