The installation of the Noctua NH-L9i is very simple. Just put the cooler over the CPU, insert and screw the four screws from the solder side of the motherboard, as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11: Screws on the solder side
Figure 12 shows the NH-L9i installed in our computer.
Figure 12: Cooler installed
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