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    Laptop heat conducter (inside laptop).

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by foxNZ, Mar 18, 2009.

  1. foxNZ

    foxNZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,
    I'm a little worried because recently I opened up my brand new Dell XPS 1640 (removed the palmrest ultimately to reattach the backlight for the keyboard), and in the process I think I slightly teared what seems to be a very weak metal foil located on the underside of the palmrest (literally in the area where the palm of your right hand sits - what does this do??).

    I think initially it wasnt mounted very well and got caught, regardless I pressed it back down tight to the palmrest and reassembled my laptop.

    Now the laptop runs great and theres no problems, but I'm really concerned about this 'foil' material and if I have damaged it at all..

    Would this make any difference to the laptop whatsoever? For the record, the foil is all still there and the tear in it is only about an inch long.

    Cheers.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I bet the foil is only their to aid in the water tight seal for the system. Its either that, or the foil is used to shield EMF or something along those lines.
    I wouldnt worry about it at all

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    Wow K-TRON I have followed alot of your advice. Your like a Notebook-Buddha!! hehe.

    So when you say EMF you refer to "Electro-Magnetic Force"?

    In which case, because this layer is still inside the laptop, it will still work just as well as it did before?
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Mitac used to make alot of notebooks, and believe it or not they plated the inside of their system with a foil to reflect heat/block any free radicals in the air from causing problems in the laptop. I have some pictures somewhere of my M8355, and their is foil everywhere.
    You shouldnt have any problem from the small rip.
    I didnt mean to say EMF, I means ESD, electro static discharge. The foil would grab the free ions gained from static electricity rather than say the metal on the capacitors in your motherboard

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    Oh I see. So because the foil is still connected, ESD will still be dealt with properly if that is the case?
     
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