User Manual

48 Single Board Computer
3.8 Installing a heat spreader
1. Place the heat spreader with its copper pad and thermal interface
material facing up on a flat surface.
2. Remove the plastic protective film from the copper pad and thermal
interface material on the heat spreader, if there is one.
3. Orient the motherboard so that the CPU and chipset on its backside are
in direct contact with the copper pad on the heat spreader, and the five
(5) screw holes on the motherboard are aligned to the five (5) standoffs
on the heat spreader.
Copper pad & thermal
interface material
Screw hole
Standoff