Nvme rubber pad

[Rui Neves]

Is it necessary to use a rubber pad under the NVMe drive if the motherboard doesn't have an NVMe heatsink?

I am asking this because I've read people saying that they can bend over time with a motherboard heatsink, so I was wondering if it can still happen without any heatsink on it.

[tkitch]

your board should have a standoff under the end of the drive, that should keep it fairly level with the m.2 slot.

 

There's no significant risk of bending.  

[Mark Kaine]

its ram, not a highway bridge,  not sure what to tell you...! 

 

 

10 minutes ago, tkitch said:

your board should have a standoff under the end of the drive, that should keep it fairly level with the m.2 slot.

 

There's no significant risk of bending.  

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[Rui Neves]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

its ram, not a highway bridge,  no sure what to tell you...! 

 

 

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I just discovered a concern raised by users yesterday, some motherboards are using rubber pads to prevent bending. Mine does not have them, only the usual standoffs.

So, I'm thinking about that. 

[Rui Neves]

16 minutes ago, tkitch said:

your board should have a standoff under the end of the drive, that should keep it fairly level with the m.2 slot.

 

There's no significant risk of bending.  

Yes it have , I followed the steps carefully to install the Nvme . 

[tkitch]

don't do anything dumb, and it won't bend.  They don't weigh anything, so it's not like they'll bend under their own weight. 

[Mark Kaine]

3 minutes ago, Rui Neves said:

I just discovered a concern raised by users yesterday, some motherboards are using rubber pads to prevent bending. Mine does not have them, only the usual standoffs.

So, I'm thinking about that. 

just gimmicks to stand out... possibly even causing trouble...

 

you don't need that, as said its not a bridge or anything, just very lightweight pcb with some stuff on it .

 

think about gravity also... what bending? a rubberpad under neath wouldn't even stop any bending (downwards at least) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

 

[Rui Neves]

9 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

just gimmicks to stand out... possibly even causing trouble...

 

you don't need that, as said its not a bridge or anything, just very lightweight pcb with some stuff on it .

 

think about gravity also... what bending? a rubberpad under neath wouldn't even stop any bending (downwards at least) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

 

You're probably right, I thought the same way, but as we are always learning and I could be wrong, so I decided to ask here.

[Rui Neves]

12 minutes ago, tkitch said:

don't do anything dumb, and it won't bend.  They don't weigh anything, so it's not like they'll bend under their own weight. 

I won't do it, I'm super careful with things.I thought the same way, but I can always be wrong ,  so I decided to ask here.

[Robchil]

only rubber you need in a pc is to dampen vibrations from fans/pump and HDD's.. the rest is quite static.. unless you have watercooling.. you'll need it to keep it dry then

 

if forgot.. isolation for cables and pass through grommits.

 

[Blue4130]

The heatsink is flat, it should cause any bend to the ssd.

[Rui Neves]

22 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

The heatsink is flat, it should cause any bend to the ssd.

It should or should not ? 

[Blue4130]

2 hours ago, Rui Neves said:

It should or should not ? 

Sorry, autocorrect thought it was smarter than me. It SHOULD NOT cause any bend.

[Rui Neves]

On 10/13/2023 at 2:02 AM, Blue4130 said:

Sorry, autocorrect thought it was smarter than me. It SHOULD NOT cause any bend.

In my case, I am not using any heatsink. I was simply curious about the idea that a motherboard heatsink could potentially bend NVMe SSDs. It made no sense to me at the time, and it seems that it doesn't make sense to anyone here either.