Noctua NH-U12DX 1366
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1. G nectua NH U12DX 1366 Installation Manual Thank you very much for choosing a Noctua cooler for your Intel Xeon system Please install the cooler according to this manual Should you encounter any difficulties please check the FAQs on our website and don t hesitate to contact our support team at support noctua at Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage or losses caused by compatibility issues The NH UI2DX 1366 doesn t come with a backplate and thus requires a mainboard with backplate such as the Intel reference backplate shown below for installation Please choose one of our retail CPU coolers such as the NH U12P SE1366 for LGA1366 mainboards without backplate Mainboard without Backplate incompatible holes screw thruts 2x fastening brackets pre installed to the cooler 2x Anti Vibration Stripes 2x Fan clips 1x NT H1 thermal compound 1x NF P12 120mm fan step 1 Applying thermal paste If there are residual traces of thermal paste or thermal pads on your CPU please clean them off first Press a small drop 4 5mm diameter of NT H1 onto the centre of the heat spreader Caution Applying too much thermal paste will lower the heat conductivity and cooling perform ance step 2 Attaching the heatsink to the CPU Take off the protection cover at the bottom side of the heat sink first Then put the cooler onto the CPU and tighten the four spring loaded screws until they stop us2. ing the supplied screwdriver 7 18 MM a LU M A KL step 3 Attaching the fan First stick the 2 anti vibration strips onto the cooling fins in order to dampen minor vibrations emitted by the fan Then attach the fan to the heatsink using the 2 steel clips placing it so that it blows onto the heatsink You can optionally use the second pair of clips to install a second fan Connect the fan to the mainboard power supply or fan control ler Depending on your CPU and the temperature inside the case you may interconnect the supplied Low Noise Adapter L N A or Ultra Low Noise Adapter U L N A in order to further reduce the fan s operating noise Ultra Low Noise Adapter U L N A 900 RPM 12 6 dB A Low Noise Adapter L N A 1100 RPM 16 9 dB A Caution When using the U L N A check the temperature of your CPU using appropriate software e g the respective applications of your mainboard manufacturer in order to evade automatic throttling of the CPU due to the increased temperature If the cooling performance is insufficient please increase case ventilation or remove the U L N A
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