So I transplanted a Cruzer Blade into a 3D printed shell and I accidentally sliced off a metal bit. The red circle in the picture shows where the damage was done (the entire metal bump is missing leaving two metal dots underneath on the circuit board, it is completely flat on that area since the rest fell off after the picture was taken). The drive seems to be working but I am a bit paranoid. Should it affect the drive?

 

Not the best picture by any means but I'm going to assume said "metal bump" was actually a capacitor or resistor that was soldered to 2 pads "dots" on the circuit board.
I'm quite sure that the component was deemed useful to the circuit designer but may just be there for noise/ripple suppression,etc.. and may not have a severely negative effect on said device.
Without knowing intricate details of the circuit one can only make assumptions..

If it allows you to read/write to it then well... just use it..

 

Not the best picture by any means but I'm going to assume said "metal bump" was actually a capacitor or resistor that was soldered to 2 pads "dots" on the circuit board.
I'm quite sure that the component was deemed useful to the circuit designer but may just be there for noise/ripple suppression,etc.. and may not have a severely negative effect on said device.
Without knowing intricate details of the circuit one can only make assumptions..

If it allows you to read/write to it then well... just use it..

I'm going to take apart the drive again later today so I will take a better picture

 

I'm going to take apart the drive again later today so I will take a better picture

At this point its not going to change the answers..

You have stated that you have verified that the drive is able to perform read/write operations..
If functioning as much as you can possibly test for.. More pictures really won't help but you can certainly take them if you want to get a more definite answer as to what this "metal bump" was.. Probably by us seeing the reference designator on the board and telling you that C = capacitor, R= resistor,etc...

 

At this point its not going to change the answers..

You have stated that you have verified that the drive is able to perform read/write operations..
If functioning as much as you can possibly test for.. More pictures really won't help but you can certainly take them if you want to get a more definite answer as to what this "metal bump" was.. Probably by us seeing the reference designator on the board and telling you that C = capacitor, R= resistor,etc...

Like I said I get rather paranoid about this sort of stuff