what's the point of this thin black cover over the SSD?
Posted Jan 9, 2021, 9:51 PM UTC
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Cooling.
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how tho? its very thin like a piece of paper, and is lightly glued down on one end, so its just flapping about
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Could be there to prevent shorts. Are there any metal plates that cover it for cooling?
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yes theres a metallic cover under the black cover
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Could just be an extra precaution then. I had one of those under my power button on my desktop. I took it off and every time i plugged in a usb through the front panel my PC froze and shut off because the circuit board for the power button would lightly graze the case and short.
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ohhh ok, thanks
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Looks like a thermal pad, or a warranty sticker
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Heat dispersion If you have thermal paste on it
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It's a thermal pad. It probably contacts something on the outer case that disperses the heat.
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Or a nonconductive shield from the bottom of the laptop. Just protection