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Posted: May 30, 2001 Written by: Tuan "Solace" Nguyen Putting it All Together Before you begin to handle the components, be sure you’re properly grounded. It’s extra good to have a ground strap that goes on your wrist like a watch. This way, you won’t have to keep remembering to touch your case every time you move around.  Now that we have all our parts, it’s time to place everything together to form the actual server itself. We start off with installing the CPU onto the motherboard. I recommend you keep the motherboard on a flat surface to install the CPU and heatsink so it doesn’t bend the motherboard when you’re installing the heatsink fan.  In the picture above you see that I’ve already installed the processor and attached the heatsink on to it. For cooling, I used Arctic Silver 2 thermal compound and an Alpha PAL6035 with a Delta 38CFM fan. This heatsink/fan combo should be more than enough for our 1GHz server. Since the motherboard is right there, I’ve also installed the two sticks of RAM just to speed things up a little.  After installing the CPU and the memory, it’s time to attach the motherboard to the case. When you’re putting on the screws, be sure to use those ring washers with the screws so that the screw doesn’t damage your motherboard. Using washers also prevents the metal screw from short circuiting any traces on the board. While this is rare, it’s best to be safe than sorry. |
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