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Hey, I put something over in the Support area but haven't gotten a reply so I thought I would ask here. So I am going to add a secondary SSD to my Pro. I notice that the motherboard, in the area of the second SSD slot, currently has like a black foam pad in it. Not like a dummy card, just a black foam pad. When I've watched videos of upgrading the SSD, nobody seems to have that pad there or even mention it. Is it a thermal pad I should try to squish with the new SSD, or do I peel it off when I put the new SSD in? I'm sorry if this is a really stupid, basic question but I can't seem to find an answer. Thank you. Stuart
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    • July 13, 2020
    It doesn't look like a thermopad, so I'll just remove it. You can always remove your original NVMe drive, and check if there is some foam or thermopad underneath.
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    • July 13, 2020
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    Hey, I put something over in the Support area but haven't gotten a reply so I thought I would ask here. So I am going to add a secondary SSD to my Pro. I notice that the motherboard, in the area of the second SSD slot, currently has like a black foam pad in it. Not like a dummy card, just a black foam pad. When I've watched videos of upgrading the SSD, nobody seems to have that pad there or even mention it. Is it a thermal pad I should try to squish with the new SSD, or do I peel it off when I put the new SSD in? I'm sorry if this is a really stupid, basic question but I can't seem to find an answer. Thank you. Stuart
    It’s new on 2020 model, check if it has kind of tape or glue to attach on the new ssd, it might be thermal pad to transfer heat to cassis, compared also the ssd thermal with and without it using software like HWINFO64. In my case using thermal pad improves the temperature like up to 30 degrees due heat transferred well to the cassis.
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    • July 17, 2020
    Hi Kokopele, I was just wondering if you had found the answer to your question. I just received my new Razer Blade Pro 2020 today and went to install the second M.2 NVME SSD and had the exact same question. Best, Caswir
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    On the new Razer Blade Pro 17" 2020 it will take a second NVME drive. That block of dense black rubber is just there to offer support for the bottom of the laptop. Remove it and install the new drive like normal. Supports RAID too, I'm currently running mine in RAID 0 across the two NVME drives.
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