NZXT. CRAFTED GAMING ARMOR. GUARDIAN User’s manual NZXT.
Letter to User Dear Valued Customers, On Behalf of NZXT Team, thank you for purchasing our product. With the booming of the gaming market and computer cases, NZXT would like to differentiate ourselves from other case companies by continuously providing high quality and innovative next generation cases. If you have any critiques or comments, please feel free to send us an email. After all, we are designing the cases for you. Thank you again for purchasing an NZXT case.
Power Supply Installation Please refer to the case interior infrastructure and secure the power supply at the back of the case by using the screws provided. NOTE: CPU, RAM and any peripheral installation are not included in this manual. Please refer to your motherboard manual for related mounting instructions and troubleshooting. Motherboard Installation Your Guardian supports the following motherboard: ATX, BABY AT, MINI ATX, and MICRO ATX. The Index for the standoff holes are as follows.
Power and Reset Switch Installation Please refer first to your motherboard manual to find where your power switch and reset connectors are located. 1. Connect the Reset switch (labeled RESET SW) by connecting to your motherboard RESET connector. Make sure you always attach the black wire to ground. 2. Connect the Power Switch (labeled POWER SW) to the PWR connector on the motherboard. 3. Connect the Power LED (labeled POWER) and HDD LED connectors to the appropriate headers on your motherboard.
2. Refer to your motherboard manual and match the labels on the USB port connectors with your motherboard in order to install. Audio Port Installation 1. Facing your GUARDIAN, open the sliding door located at the bottom right to find the two audio connectors. 2. Refer to your motherboard manual and match the labels on the audio port connectors with your motherboard in order to install. 3. The green input is the speaker input and the pink input is the microphone input. Drive Bay Installation 1.
Step 1. Push to the Right Step 2. Push towards the bottom to secure 3. Repeat the same motion for your 3.5” floppy drives and hard drives. Fan Installation The case features space for two 80mm fans (includes standard x 1) in the back of the case under a plastic enclosure and one 80mm fan in the front of the case. You will also have another tri color fan on the side panel with our own custom fan grill. Rear Fan Installation 1.
Fan Figure. One of the two fan power connectors exit here 3. If you have a second fan, repeat the same step. 4. Connect the power connection with the power supply connector. Using the Card fasteners 1. Your GUARDIAN comes with card fasteners for securing your peripherals during movement. 2. Push down on the lock from the inside of the case. 3. After you have installed your card, go ahead and secure your card by pushing the lock back in. Please refer to the figure for more information. Fastener Figure.
