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ASUS M5A88-M 2-9
Chapter 2
5. When the fan and heatsink assembly is in place, connect the CPU fan cable to the
connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN.
• Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring errors can
occur if you fail to plug this connector.
• This connector is backward compatible with old 3-pin CPU fan.
CPU_FAN
GND CPU FAN PWR CPU FAN IN CPU FAN PWM
M5A88-M
M5A88-M CPU fan connector