Installation (cont’d)

First we must apply the ramsinks. This is where you’ll want to have a steady hand. Remove the protective film off of the ramsink and press it firmly against the RAM chip. Do not press the ramsink down too hard or you’ll damage the ram chip as well as the card. Make sure the ramsink is perfectly centered. You should get this when you’re done:

Now attach the nipples to the cooler. That’s a strange name for these little parts, as these don’t look anywhere near what you might imagine them to be. Screw in the nipples to the appropriate holes (refer to the 2nd diagram on the second page). For our purpose (the X1800/X1900 series) we need to install each nipple in the outer holes (#5 on the diagram on second page). Screw in the shorter end to the cooler. Once you have done that carefully attach the black rubber spacers on the other, longer, end of the nipple and align the cooler to the holes near the GPU. You should get something like this:






Carefully flip the card over. Now take each spring stick the narrower side on the protruding ends of the fixation nuts. The result would look like this if you did this correctly.

Now look back to flipped over card. You should see the end of the nipples. Take one PVC washer and put it on the end of nipple. There should still be enough of the nipple to screw on the nut with spring. Make sure you do not over or under tighten and tighten each nut one rotation at a time to ensure even pressure. The end result should be this:



So finally the installed cooler looks like this:


Now we should (optional) connect the supplied Zalman Fan Mate 2 to the cooler. Attach the connector from the VF900 to the extension cable, then the extension cable to the Zalman Fan Mate. Finally attach the extension cable to a 3-pin fan header connector on your motherboard. When installing the Fan Mate, make sure your Fan Mate’s controller knob is not in the off position, install the card, attach the power connector, and turn on your PC. You’re done!