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LGA1700, LGA1200 & LGA115x
Dear customer,
Thank you very much for choosing the Noctua NH-D15S.
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!
INSTALLATION MANUAL
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
centre on our website (ncc.noctua.at) 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, other PCIe cards, motherboard
heatsinks or any other components.
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
Yours sincerely,
Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO
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- Page 1 LGA1700, LGA1200 & LGA115x Dear customer, Thank you very much for choosing the Noctua NH-D15S. 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.
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Page 2: Removing The Motherboard
NOCTUA NH-D15S INSTALLATION MANUAL Required mounting parts: 1x NM-IBP4 2x NM-IMB2 backplate mounting bars 4x NM-ICS1 4x NM-ITS1s 4x NM-IBT5 clip-on spacers thumb screws bolts 4x NM-IPS1 4x NM-IPS3 black plastic spacers for blue plastic spacers for LGA1200/115x LGA1700 Removing the motherboard... -
Page 3: Attaching The Backplate
Position 1: Position 2: LGA1200/115x LGA1700 Fix the bolts using the NM-ICS1 clip-on spacers. Note that 2 extra clip-on spacers are supplied in case any are lost or damaged when removing the bolts at a later point. 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. - Page 4 LGA1200/115x LGA1700 NM-IPS1 (black) NM-IPS3 (blue) Use hole position 1 for LGA1200/115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) and hole position 2 for LGA1700 (LGA17xx family): Position 1: Position 2: LGA1200/115x LGA1700 Caution: Make sure to use the correct hole position on both ends of the NM-IMB2 mounting bars so that they will not be misaligned.
- Page 5 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 four NM-ITS1s thumb screws.
- Page 6 Scan this code to display multilingual manuals on your phone. Transporting your system For LGA1200/115x (LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156) apply a single 4-5mm dot in the centre: Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower heat conductivity and cooling performance! Fastening the heatsink to the CPU Caution: Please first take off the fan as well as the protec- tion cover at the bottom side of the heatsink.
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Page 7: Fan Setup
Fan setup Reattach the fan using the supplied steel clips: Connect the fan to the motherboard’s CPU fan header. Depending on your CPU and the temperature inside the case, you may interconnect the supplied NA-RC7 Low- Noise Adaptor (L.N.A.) in order to further reduce the fan’s operating noise. -
Page 8: Transporting Your System
(e.g. in shipping), we generally recommend, for safety reasons, taking the cooler off. Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage that may arise due to excessive stress during transport if you keep the heatsink installed. - Page 9 LGA20xx Dear customer, Thank you very much for choosing the Noctua NH-D15S. 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.
- Page 10 Required mounting parts: 2x NM-IMB2 mounting bars 4x NM-ITS1s 4x NM-IBT2 thumb screws bolts Installing the mounting bars First screw the NM-IBT2 bolts into the screw threads of the LGA20xx socket frame. Then put the NM-IMB2 mounting bars onto the bolts. Caution: Choose the alignment of the mounting bars according to the desired final orientation of the cooler: Orientation A...
- Page 11 Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars are pointing outwards. Fix the mounting bars using the four NM-ITS1s thumb screws. Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but do not use excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm). Applying the thermal paste If there are residual traces of thermal paste or thermal pads on your CPU, please clean them off first.
- Page 12 (e.g. in shipping), we generally recommend, for safety reasons, taking the cooler off. Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage that may arise due to excessive stress during transport if you keep the heatsink installed.
- Page 13 AMD (AM4 & AM5) Dear customer, Thank you very much for choosing the Noctua NH-D15S. Tailored to provide superior RAM and PCIe compatibility, the NH-D15S is an asym- metrical single fan version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model, the NH-D15. I’m confident that you will be able to sense some of the research, attention and care we’ve put into making this cooler.
- Page 14 If your motherboard does not include a stock backplate, please contact our Noctua service team at support@noctua.at. Attaching the mounting bars First put the plastic spacers onto the screw threads of the backplate, then fix the NM-AMB4 mounting bars using the four NM-ALS1 long screws.
- Page 15 Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but do not use excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm). Applying the thermal paste If there are residual traces of thermal paste or thermal pads on your CPU, please clean them off first. Apply 5 small dots;...
- Page 16 Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but do not use excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm). Fan setup Reattach the fan using the supplied fan clips:...
- Page 17 L.N.A. Adding a second fan The NH-D15S includes an extra set of fan clips for installing a second fan to the front fin stack in push/pull mode in order to further improve cooling performance. The fan clips support: •...
- Page 18 (e.g. in shipping), we generally recommend, for safety reasons, taking the cooler off. Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage that may arise due to excessive stress during transport if you keep the heatsink installed.
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