[SOLVED] Can an overheating M.2 damage a laptop's hardware?

[Dennis_Orlando]

So...
I was thinking about installing an M.2 chip (for more details -> https://coral.ai/products/m2-accelerator-bm),
on a vivobook s510 laptop.
That chip can easily reach 80 °C (maximum: 95-100°C), and since it fits in an m.2 slot it's not cooled whatsoever.
There's a video I found where you can see what the inside looks like ->

View: https://youtu.be/rLkO4MqQ9vA?t=190

Can the really high temperature cause some damage to other components? Like melting the "case" or something

!!NOTE!! It's not an SSD/NVMe drive! It's more like a second mini-processor designed to do particular operations

 

[RealBeast]

It is in a small space, but at least it is near the edge of the board. It throttles when too hot so it should protect itself. That said, I've never seen an NVMe drive get anywhere near that hot even in tight spaces.

 

[Dennis_Orlando]

It is in a small space, but at least it is near the edge of the board. It throttles when too hot so it should protect itself. That said, I've never seen an NVMe drive get anywhere near that hot even in tight spaces.

Hi, thanks for the answer!
Well, as you said, the chip is designed to defend itself from his hot operating temperature....
But can THE LAPTOP defend itself from that hot chip inside of it?
I mean, look at that shiny hard drive next to the m.2: I'm not so sure if he wouldn't mind sitting next a mini-flamethrower... I'm not even sure if the heat can be absorbed by the case, resulting in a hot corner waiting
for me to touch it with my finger or something

..or maybe I'm just exxagerating and this temperature is not even so hot, but that's the reason I posted this thread

 

[geofelt]

Not to worry.
The m.2 slot specs have a 7w power limit.
Your device specs says it can use up to 4w.
That is less than most m.2 ssd devices which are in the 4-6w range.
Your laptop is designed for a m.2 device in that slot, so I think you are good.

 

[RealBeast]

I doubt that the drive will close to get that hot, at least none of the NVMe drives that I've used have gotten close to that.

In a notebook it is almost always the CPU that is the heat problem.