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Dear customer,
Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-L12S. Successor to
the award-winning NH-L12, the NH-L12S is a compact low-profile
CPU cooler that combines excellent compatibility, surprising
efficiency and remarkable flexibility.
Enjoy your NH-L12S!
Yours sincerely,
Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO
This manual will guide you through the installation process of the
SecuFirm2™ mounting system step by step.
Prior to installing the cooler, please consult the compatibility list
on our website (www.noctua.at/compatibility) and verify that the
cooler is fully compatible with your motherboard. Please also make
sure that your PC case offers sufficient clearance for the cooler and
that there are no compatibility issues with any other components
(e.g. tall RAM modules). Double check that the heatsink and fan
clips do not make contact with the VGA card or other PCIe cards.
Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage or losses caused
by compatibility issues.
Should you encounter any difficulties, please check the FAQs on
our website (www.noctua.at/faqs) and don't hesitate to contact our
support team at support@noctua.at.
Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our
website: www.noctua.at/manuals
Required mounting parts:
1x NM-IBP2 backplate
2x NM-IMB3 mounting bars
4x NM-IPS1 spacers
4x NM-ITS1 thumb screws
Noctua NH-L12S | Installation Manual | LGA115x
Step 1
Removing the motherboard
In case you want to use the cooler on an assembled system and
your case doesn't have a cut-out at the rear side of the mother-
board
tray, you first have to remove the motherboard from the case in
order to be able to install the supplied backplate.
Step 2
Attaching the backplate
Caution: The supplied backplate will install over the motherboard's
stock backplate, so the motherboard's stock backplate must not be
taken off.
Place the backplate on the rear side of the motherboard so that
the
bolts stick through the mounting holes.
Caution: Please make sure that the three cut-outs in the
supplied backplate align with the screws of the motherboard's
stock
backplate.
Step 3
First put the plastic spacers onto the bolts of the backplate, then
add the mounting bars.
Caution: 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.
Fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.
Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but don't use
excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm).
Step 4
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 heatspreader.
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- Page 1 VGA card or other PCIe cards. Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage or losses caused Caution: Please make sure that the three cut-outs in the Fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.
- Page 2 Step 7 Fan setup The NH-L12S ships with the fan installed underneath the fins (low profile mode). Alternatively, you can take off the fan and install it on top of the fins to make more room for tall RAM or other components Connect the fan to the motherboard’s CPU fan header.
- Page 3 Fan configuration Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars are The NH-L12S ships with the fan installed underneath the fins (low pointing outwards. profile mode). Alternatively, you can take off the fan and install it on...
- Page 4 6 years and direct, fast and straightforward RMA service. Low profile mode Should you encounter any problems with your NH-L12S, please don’t hesitate to contact our support team (support@noctua.at). Please also consult the FAQ section on our website:...
- Page 5 If your motherboard does not include a stock backplate, clips do not make contact with the VGA card or other PCIe cards. please contact Noctua customer support at support@noctua.at. Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage or losses caused AM2(+)/AM3(+) FM1/FM2(+) by compatibility issues.
- Page 6 Step 4 Fan configuration The NH-L12S ships with the fan installed underneath the fins (low profile mode). Alternatively, you can take off the fan and install it on top of the fins to make more room for tall RAM or other compo- nents (high clearance mode).
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