Spitfire Heatsink installation
 
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Spitfire VGA cooler installation instructions
Fan installation instructions
 Installing the supporting bars
How to install supporting bars under certain special conditions
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Spitfire VGA cooler installation instructions

  
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Before Installing Spitfire, please first remove stock cooler from the VGA (as shown in picture : ATI 5870)

Apply ramsinks according to the design of the PCB. Before applying the ramsinks please make sure that you have cleaned the memory surface as it may fall off easily due to dust.
(How to remove thermal paste residue on memory chips and the GPU?)

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Apply the backplate cushion padding to the ¡§X¡¨ backplate.
Please note! , you must apply the protective cushion padding to the backplate as it may result short circuit to the VGA if not applied properly.

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Tighten the screws to its designated holes on the bracket mount, please make sure that it is screwed to a complete stop, and is tight and secure.
Apply thermal paste on top of the GPU and on the surface of the copper base of the VGA cooler.

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Place the bracket mount onto the copper base of the VGA cooler. Make each screw go through the mounting-holes on the VGA.

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Apply the black rubber washers to the screws.
Place the ¡§X¡¨ backplate on top as shown in picture.

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Apply the screw nut and tighten it in a diagonal order to have a even pressure.
After tightening the screws nuts, Installation completed!

Fan installation instructions

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Apply each end of the 12cm fan clips to the circled area marked in red.
Pull the other side of the fan clip and make it clip onto the screw holes on each corners of the fan, 12cm fan Installed.

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Apply each end of the 14cm fan clips to the circled area marked in red.

Pull the other side of the fan clip and make it clip onto the screw holes on each corners of the fan, 14cm fan Installed.

Installing the supporting bars

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Before installing the supporting metal rods, please make sure you have the right motherboard mounting holes.

If it¡¦s not compatible, please use the conversion copper pillars as shown in picture.

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Conversion pillar shown in picture when done.
Before installing the supporting metal rods, you need to unscrew the 2 screws from the motherboard as shown in picture, circled in green.

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Tighten the supporting metal rods through the motherboard to the mounting holes for the motherboard.
Tighten the Adapter Bar to the supporting bar with Thumb screw.

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Screw the supporting bar to the 2 metal rods with 2 Thumb screws.
Attach the other piece of supporting bar to the adapter bar with thumb screw.

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Installation of supporting bars completed and you may Slide and adjust horizontally.
Screw a copper pillar to the location on the VGA cooler, as circled in red.

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Apply Thermal paste to the base of the cooler and on top of the CPU.
Place the mounting plate through the cooler and align the concaved area with the bulging point on the mounting plate


How to install supporting bars under certain special conditions

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Most 1156 motherboards in the market now has no North-Bridge, the first PCI-E slots are often parallel to the mounting hole on the motherboard, so under such condition, supporting bars will become incompatible with VGA cards that are long in length.

When installing longer cards such as GTX 285 4890 5870 5890, we will often see the cards exceeding the edge of the motherboard, (circled in red) and when this happens, we need to install our supporting bars to other mounting holes for the motherboard.

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When you have encountered this, you will need to install the supporting bars to the E-ATX mounting holes as circled in red.
And then apply the copper pillar to location on the VGA cooler as circled in red.

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Adjust the supporting bar and the adapter bar to the best location and tighten it with thumb screw as circled in red.
Installation completed!
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