Noctua NH-D15S chromax.black Installation Manual

! LGA115x & LGA1200
Dear customer,
Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-D15S chromax.
black. Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying
on its quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, our flagship
model NH-D15 is an elite class dual tower cooler for the
highest demands. I'm confident that you will be able to sense
some of the research, attention and care we've put into making
this cooler.
Enjoy your NH-D15S chromax.black!
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-IMB2 mounting bars
4x NM-IPS1 plastic spacers 4x NM-ITS1s thumb screws
NOCTUA NH-D15S chromax.black
INSTALLATION MANUAL
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
motherboard tray, you first have to remove the motherboard
from the case in order to be able to install the supplied
backplate.
2

Attaching the backplate

Caution: The supplied backplate will install over the mother-
board'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.
3 Installing The Mounting Bars
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).
4

Applying the 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 (3-4mm diameter) of NT-H1 onto the centre of the heat-
spreader.
Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower heat
conductivity and cooling performance!