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  Product:     Cooler Master CM Blue Ice  
  Price:     $33 (CAN) / $26 (U.S)
  Supplied By:     Cooler Master
  Author:     Mars
  Date:     July 26th, 2005
  Rating:     star star star star star star star star 

Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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With the complications I faced with my N-Force 2 setup, I moved on to my other system consisting of a DFI LANPARTY UT N-Force 4 Ultra-D Motherboard. Most of the N-Force 4 boards have the N/B chip under the first PCI- Express slot. By moving my graphics card into the lower PCI-E x16 slot; I was able to install this Northbridge cooler. Although this is not an "official" SLI board, it does support dual x16 PCI-E slots, owners of SLI boards will need to repeat the same procedure to complete the installation of this product.

Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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All that aside let’s move on to the installation and testing of this product. First we start off by removing the old Northbridge heatsink. This was accomplished on my motherboard by pushing down on the button locks, and squeezing together the "V" plastic tabs on the backside of the motherboard.

Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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Cooler Master CM Blue Ice
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We then clean off any old thermal compound residue with a soft cloth and a little rubbing alcohol. The next step is then to apply a fresh coat of thermal compound.
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