Review on M.2 NVME SSD Enclosure USB3.1 Type-C GEN2 10Gbps - Aluminum Adapter for 2230/2242/2260/2280 M-Key NVMe PCIe SSDs with UASP Support by Joshua Paulson

The design does not allow you to remove the "cover" because there is no cover. This case is not a box like a glasses case. You must open one end and *insert* the chip into the box along with the thermal pad. That means the thermal pad has to stick to the box *and* the chip by design. After that, removing the chip becomes very difficult. When you do this, it often gets corrupted.