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[ShadowkillXNA]

So I'm putting a new 2tb m2 ssd in my ps5 pro and I've got a dumb question about the thermal pads
and heatsink.
I peeled off plastic from one side of the heatsink pad and put that on the chip side of the ssd.
However when I try to peel the plastic from the other side it wont peel off without destroying the pad beneath.
I thought you were supposed to remove the plastic from both sides of the heatsink pad?

 

[Investor9872]

Correct. You need to peel off the plastic from both sides. Don't worry. As long as the pad makes good contact with the plate, you're be all right. Youtube some video.

 

[Soodanim]

Did your product not come with a manual?

The only advice I can give is that NVME drives come with stickers that are also heat sinks, and if they say to not remove its because you're not supposed to remove them.

 

[Windle Poons]

Post a pic of the drive if you can?

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

The ssd didn't come with a heatsink. I'm using one from a 1tb that's now being used as external storage for my laptop.
The heatsink is from that ssd, moved to the new ssd.
I really don't see how the top layer of plastic is supposed to peel off, you literally tear the pad apart if you do.
The layer of film on the other side peeled off nice and smoothly however.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

UPDATE:
I didn't trust the heatsink pad I tried to use at first, so I picked up an m2 heatsink with two thermal pads from a local best buy and reinstalled the heatsink and ssd properly.
And my old 1tb ssd that was in my ps5 is sitting in a usb enclosure doing backup storage duty with my laptop.

 

[adamsapple]

You could have saved the headache by just buying one with a heatsink on it, at most they're no more than 5 to 10 bucks more.

 

[Mr Moose]

I thought it only sticks to one side (the chip). Why does it peel off on both sides?

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

You could have saved the headache by just buying one with a heatsink on it, at most they're no more than 5 to 10 bucks more.

I already had a heatsink and a thermal pad so I went that route at first.
No big deal, it's setup properly now.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

I thought it only sticks to one side (the chip). Why does it peel off on both sides?

I assume the idea is to stick each pad to one side of the ssd and the other sides of the pads to the heatsink itself.
Seems more complicated than it needs to be and it was not clear at all if the hard plastic film on the first pad I tried should be removed. Especially considering that the film on the other side of that pad peeled off very smoothly as you'd expect.