Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 - Manual

NH-U12P SE1366 | Installation Manual
Step 4:
Attaching the fastening brackets to the heatsink
Removing the mainboard
Step 1:
In case you want to use the cooler on an assembled system,
you first have to remove the mainboard from the case as the
cooler has to be screwed to the backplate on the back of the
mainboard.
Required mounting parts:
First put the spacers onto the screw sockets of the backplate.
Then fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.
Installing the mounting bars
Step 3:
1x socket 1366 backplate
Tightly screw the fastening brackets to the base of the heatsink
using 4 short screws. Thank you very much for choosing a Noctua
cooler. This manual will guide you through the
installation process step by step.
Prior to installing the cooler, please consult the compat-
ibility list on our website and verify that the cooler is fully
compatible with your motherboard.
Should you encounter any difficulties, please check the
FAQs on our website and don’t hesitate to contact our
support team at [email protected]. Noctua cannot
be held responsible for any damage or losses caused by
compatibility issues.
Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our
website: www.noctua.at
2x mounting bars
4x thumbscrews 4x short screws
Attaching the backplate
Step 2:
Place the backplate on the back side of the mainboard so that
the screw threads stick through the mounting holes.
Choose the alignment of the mounting bars according to the
desired final orientation of the cooler:
Orientation A Orientation B
Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting
bars are pointing outwards.
Step 5:
Applying thermal paste
If there are residual traces of thermal paste or thermal pads
on your CPU, please clean them off first. Then press a small
drop (4-5mm diameter) of NT-H1 onto the centre of the heat-
spreader.
Step 6:
Fastening the heatsink to the CPU
Caution: Please take off the protection cover at the bottom side
of the heatsink first!
Put the heatsink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw threads
of the mounting bars.
Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower the heat
conductivity and cooling performance!
2x fastening brackets
Caution: Tighten the screws until they stop.
4x plastic spacers
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366
Installation Manual