Is this safe???

As an attempt to lower my notebook temp I tried removing the a small part of the bottom, as seen in my attachments. I then put the laptop on my cooler and my both my gpu and cpu temp went down by 10 degrees But I am wondering if it is safe to use my laptop like that...what bad things can happen to it? please look at the attached pics.. I am not sure what the exposed hardwares are.. I am guessing wlan card, ram and something else under the wlan card. Is it an essential component that it isn't worth the risk?

 

I don't think it is too safe to permanently remove any back panel on your laptop.

Based on other forums I've read before, the company designed your notebook that way so the airflow would draw air from the vents then flow it through the heated components and heatsinks, finally using the fan to flow it out. If you remove any of the plastic covers or panels, it may change the airflow and alter other areas of your notebook, but having the effect of cooling your GPU and CPU a bit more.

On top of this is the fact that your components will be more prone to dust and other material accumulating in those parts without the cover to prevent them from coming in.

If your laptop is reaching significantly high temps, you can try cleaning the fan out since dust or other particles might have already accumulated with time.

You can also checkout this Undervolting Guide which flipfire made on the forums.

 

If you accidentally touch it, you could kill the component by static electricity. Any foreign metal object which accidentally get sucked in may kill your laptop.

 

that's actually quite a nice idea, +rep.

 

Same can be said for desktop computers in that case since I've left my casing open for the past several years and I experienced no problems.

 

it is perfectly safe. I recommend putting a tightly threaded mesh over the hole though to stop dust and other stuff getting inside and settling on the components. I did a similiar mod to my old Asus C90S along with many other owners of the same laptop and noone had any problems but nice big temp drops. If you do resell it however make sure you can replace the panel you have altered.

 

Quick question: what were your temps originally since this is a rather drastic measure to reduce temps if they aren't dangerously high. There would be no need to do so if your temps were rather normal.

 

This is definitely not worth the risk. If you do happen to accidentally touch the computer or some kind of metal object comes in contact with it on accident, static electricity might fry your motherboard. More dust can also get into your system. There are many other ways to lower your temperatures; like steelroots7xe said, Undervolting would be very effective.