in ThinkPad: T400 / T500 and newer T series Laptops https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/T470-NVMe-SSD-enclosure/m-p/3936223 ThinkPad: T400 / T500 and newer T series Laptops topics Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:37:15 +0000 tp01_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3936223 Hey everyone,

I was upgrading the NVMe SSD and was wondering what is the funtiuon of the rubbbery part (which sits on top of the SSD drive) shown in the photo.

This part got a bit dirty but didn't know how to clean it. Will it cause problems moving forward?

[oldimg]jpg[/oldimg] ]]> Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:37:15 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3936223 BA712 <![CDATA[ Re: T470 NVMe SSD enclosure ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3937736 That's a dielectric material that's used to prevent the NVMe stick from shorting out on the metal and to help seat it firmly in that cage. As long as it didn't get metal or conductive fragments on it, I'm sure you'll be fine. 

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Thu, 11 Jan 2018 01:09:14 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3937736 CrypticLottery
<![CDATA[ Re: T470 NVMe SSD enclosure ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3937848 Dear customers,

This rubber is for Thermal conductivity to cool SSD device.

If customer will remove it, storage performance will imapct.

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Thu, 11 Jan 2018 03:31:17 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3937848 Rydeen
<![CDATA[ Re: T470 NVMe SSD enclosure ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3938206 Thanks for the replies guys. The rubber is not really fixed to the enclosure. It comes off pretty easily but can be stuck back on pretty easily as well. I left in there as shown in the photo when I put the SSD back in so it should be all good.


Cheers

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Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:11:11 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/3936223/3938206 BA712