Installation Tips

Asus Axe Square AMAzing is compatible with LGA775 platform and all contemporary AMD platforms. You should use a golden swing-clip with a locking tab to install the cooler onto an AMD platform:

LGA775 retention is also just as simple and consists of two steel plates that need to be attached to the base with four standard plastic push-pins on the ends:

So, you don’t need to remove the mainboard from the case during cooler installation.

The cooler is very compact at the base and could be installed without any problems in any of the four possible ways even on DFI mainboard loaded with all sorts of heatsinks:

The proper positioning of the cooler on the mainboard is specifically mentioned in the installation manual, which is something not all manufacturers do. It turns out that Asus Axe Square AMAzing should be installed in such a way that its heatpipes were running perpendicular to the memory DIMM slots:

According to Asus, the installation position as shown on the right should ensure the highest CPU cooling efficiency. This is what Asus Axe Square AMAzing looks like inside the system case:

The installation instructions can also be downloaded from the official Asus web-site (PDF file, 1.12 MB) together with the list of mainboards that are officially compatible with it. All this should definitely make the installation of this beautiful solution quick and easy. I also have to add that the absence of LGA1366 compatibility is a serious drawback for Asus Axe Square AMAzing. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to mention that the cooler fan features very pretty orange LED lighting: