If you mean the white pads, I don't think you're meant to peel them off (I didn't for my H60), but I think they *could* be adhesive pads to help with mounting it. I'm not 100% sure.

 

no it's a thin piece of transparent plastic film the same shape as the back plate.

 

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Originally Posted by warakawa

no it's a thin piece of transparent plastic film the same shape as the back plate.

Leave it. I left mine on as well.

 

remove that plastic cover. it just protects the pump assembly during shipping. you'll
wanna remove it on installation. if not, the temperatures will be system shut-down hot!

airdeano

 

theres there to prevent any shorts. since the bracket is made of metal and theres electrical connections everywhere.
its just a precaution but the CPU back plate should give the bracket enough clearance.

better safe then sorry.

 

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Originally Posted by airdeano

remove that plastic cover. it just protects the pump assembly during shipping. you'll
wanna remove it on installation. if not, the temperatures will be system shut-down hot!
airdeano

It's on the backplate, not the actual pump. It will do very little to change the performance of the cooler.

 

would the plastic film melt when the motherboard gets hot?

 

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Originally Posted by warakawa

would the plastic film melt when the motherboard gets hot?

No. motherboards never get that hot unless there's a fire.

 

to clear up the confusion, I am talking about this...

 

Leave it on. As said before, it's to make sure there aren't any shorts to the system. It won't get hot either, since it's not directly touching the motherboard.

 

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Originally Posted by Swift Castiel

Leave it on. As said before, it's to make sure there aren't any shorts to the system. It won't get hot either, since it's not directly touching the motherboard.

yes and also the melting temperature on that is far above system temperature. so your rig would auto shutdown long before it starts to melt.