Make my M.2 drive more attractive?

[ArcticfoxHQ]

Is there anything i could make or fabricate to make an M.2 drive look better? I hate the green PCB in the middle of my completely black blue. Is there anyway to cove it or paint it or something?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Make a cover for it? It shouldn't be much more complicated than that.

[W-L]

Is there anything i could make or fabricate to make an M.2 drive look better? I hate the green PCB in the middle of my completely black blue. Is there anyway to cove it or paint it or something?

 

You could plasti dip the module itself and mask off the contacts or use a piece of black plastic and cover over it using some double stick tape. Note becareful when covering the controller module some can get a bit toasty.

[ArcticfoxHQ]

Make a cover for it? It shouldn't be much more complicated than that.

Out of what tho? like a really thin sheet of metal or plexy or?

[RichardsD]

Out of what tho? like a really thin sheet of metal or plexy or?

 

Yeah, just get some brushed aluminium, make a cover that connects with the screw hole and some other random, non conductive area of the drive

[W-L]

Out of what tho? like a really thin sheet of metal or plexy or?

 

Plexi would work but may be a bit thick but can work, If you have a hobby store or craft store nearby most sell fairly thin but stiff plasti sheets you can use to cover up the front side of the drive to hide the green PCB. Another solution is to get some plastic packaging that is a flat but fairly stiff you can paint it and double stick it over top of the M.2 SSD.

[deVIZtation]

I would hope manufactures start to use black pcb for m.2 as it's not quite there yet. Hopefully in a year or two as it gets more popular.

[Aniallation]

Is there anything i could make or fabricate to make an M.2 drive look better? I hate the green PCB in the middle of my completely black blue. Is there anyway to cove it or paint it or something?

[simson0606]

you can make a aluminium plate and stick it on the controller and flash modules with thermal glue (the same stuff that's used to attach small heatsinks to vrms) and maybe also use the screw hole

[colinmcr]

Maybe use a extended screwed rod with a small spacer and use that to fix a covering plate? Be interested to see as I'd like something similar for my Asus Z10PE mounted one.

[clementk]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/244975-making-cheap-ram-look-better/#entry3362958you can do something like this.

[hitsu1]

Just a note before you start taking these suggestions......my m2 drives gets REALLY hot. From what I have read it is standard for m2 drives. Spraying or enclosing your m2 drive sounds like a very bad idea.  

 

Other than that...let me know how your attempts to beautify your m2 turn out!

[NumLock21]

Just a note before you start taking these suggestions......my m2 drives gets REALLY hot. From what I have read it is standard for m2 drives. Spraying or enclosing your m2 drive sounds like a very bad idea.  

 

Other than that...let me know how your attempts to beautify your m2 turn out!

Yeah, I've read it does get really hot. The best thing to do would be to put a heatsink on it.

[ArcticfoxHQ]

Yeah, I've read it does get really hot. The best thing to do would be to put a heatsink on it.

do you think if i took and aluminum plate and thermal glued it to the drive. then engraved the aluminum its would look good?

[crispfact]

Get some heatsinks, spray paint those, then strap that to the drive and boom. Functional and somewhat good looking.