Noctua NH-U9 - Manual

NH-U9 & -U12 | Installation Guide
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Noctua aims at establishing a new level of quality and performance
“Designed in Austria” through paying attention to the users’ needs in a
market burdened with all kinds of frills and furbelows and providing sound-
optimised premium components, which serve their purpose in a smart,
precise and reliable manner.
Noctua arises from a cooperation between the Austrian Rascom
Computerdistribution Ges.m.b.H and the Taiwanese Kolink International
Corporation and entertains a development partnership with the Austrian
Institute of Heat Transmission and Fan Technology (Österreichisches Institut
für Wärmeübertragung und Ventilatorentechnik, ÖIWV).
You have chosen a premium-quality cooler that offers superior per-
formance both with super silent and high-performance fans. In order to
achieve the best cooling-results possible, please follow the instructions
given in this manual.
Chapter one gives you a detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to install the
Noctua NH-U on various socket-types.
Chapter two contains information on warranty and support in case you
have any further questions or suggestions.
Your Noctua-Team.
Congratulations on your new Noctua NH-U!
Installation Manual
Step Contents Page
Checking box contents
Removing the mainboard and retention
module
Attaching the backplate on the back side
of the mainboard
Attaching the fastening brackets to the
heatsink
Applying thermal paste
Attaching the heatsink to the cpu
Attaching the fan
Service & Warranty Information
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S&W
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Please first check the box contents according to the following lists and
illustrations.
The following items are included in delivery:
• Mounting hardware for Socket 478, LGA 775 and K8 (see following points)
• 1 tube of high-grade thermal paste
• 2 steel-clips for fan-mounting
• 2 anti-vibration strips
To allow for easier identificaton, all srews and parts that differ for each
socket-type have been given a reference number (PNr for parts and
SNr for screws). These are demonstrated in the following illustrations. The
requiered mounting hardware for each socket-type is listed below.
Checking box contents
1st Step
Screws: 8 short screws [SNr1]
Illustration 1
3 x 2 stepped spring
screws
Illustration 2
Mounting Parts:
Backplates
Illustration 3
Fastening brackets
Illustration 4
Mounting bars (socket 478
and LGA 775 only)
Illustration 5
Mounting hardware for socket 478:
• 1 S478-backplate (black, square with a square cut-out in the center)
[PNr.1]
• 2 short, low mounting bars (fitting the backplane) [PNr.4]
• 8 short screws [SNr1]
• 4 washers
• 2 fastening brackets without bulge [PNr6]
• 2 long, silver-coloured springscrews [SNr.3]
• 2 pressure springs
Illustration 6