
See how to install a CPU step by step if you need help with that. Also make sure the small retention arm on the socket is down and locked into place.

Ensure CPU is Installed Properly (and Top is Clean)īefore installing any CPU cooler, make sure your CPU is properly seated in the motherboard's CPU socket. See Also: How to Install the Wraith Stealthġ. Installation of a Wraith Prism is straightforward, and does not take long, but if you want all of the steps explained in more detail than what is presented in your AMD manual, and with photos, this tutorial is here to help.īefore going ahead with the Wraith Prism installation steps below, make sure you're aware of basic safety precautions when working with PC components such as grounding yourself by touching metal before handling any internal hardware (explained in our full guide to building a PC from scratch ).

If you do, they "fight" each other and the RGB system tries to dominate.Learn how to install the Wraith Prism RGB LED cooler, which is the AMD stock cooler that comes shipped with some modern AMD processors (see the FAQ at the end of this article for a list of models that come with the Wraith Prism). From what I read in several discussion threads on web sites, you can not connect both the RGB and USB cables in this system. The USB connection provides power and control of the lighting devices in the Wraith cooler. Then you must download and install the ADDR RGB control utility from Cooler Master - the link to that is included in the AMD web page on these coolers here Instead, you must install the special cable that came with the Wraith system between its USB socket and a mobo USB2 header. That is, you do NOT connect that RGB cable to anything and you do NOT install the Aura Sync tool unless you have other plain RGB lighting systems to connect to the mobo RGB header. So that can power and control plain RGB lights IF you install and use the ASUS Aura Sync software tool and then connect the Wraith's RGB cable to the mobo plain RGB header.īUT you will get much better control and more complex lighting displays if you do it the recommended way. Your mobo, however, has only the plain RGB type of header.

The lights in the Wraith Prism cooler system are of the more advanced Addressable RGB type.
