NAS built in 2015? No, SFF instead!

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Now it’s time to attach the heatdissipating sheets to the four raised sections of the top lid, as I’ve called it, or cover maybe. They obviously meet and make contact with the four NVMe drives. I had no instructions about how to do this, so just went by feel. It looked like four sections, but they didn’t separate easily. A pair of scissors got the job done.

Edited yesterday at 10:41 AM by ulfn

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I first pulled off the transparent plastic protection. They  I pressed one finger over the blue protective layer, before removing this from the sheet.

Edited yesterday at 10:48 AM by ulfn

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All four done 😀

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When this Pocket NAS is ready for duty I intend to put it on four damping feet, to gain some extra height for more air to pass under the aluminium box. This to further help in heat dissipation. And they are so inconspicuous, as to be almost invisible, right 😉 Another reason is, I want to reduce potential vibration noice from the hidden fan inside, if that would rev up. These feet I borrowed from my HiFi nerd side, they are used for like CD-players or other ”boxes”with a weight between 2-5 kg. The green color is specific for this weight. My Pocket NAS is about 1,2 kg, but this would have to do. Now I must take a little break from this project for a couple of days. Over and out.

Edited yesterday at 11:20 AM by ulfn

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So, reality gave me a moment to verify my drives. A live session of GParted gave this result. All drives are ready for action. My four NVMe drives are there, sda is the SSD chip I installed a couple of days ago, and sdb is the USB stick with GParted.  Hooray 😀

Edited 43 minutes ago by ulfn
Polishing my English.