No it holds a perforated cage to the front bottom (just under the slot
opening of the drive)of the optical drive on a g4 iMac (faces out
toward the slot opening.)
No circuits involved, heat dissipation I would guess, can't imagine it
is electrical.
mark ray
bluellama...@embarqmail.com
On Jan 14, 2010, at 12:01 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:57 PM, mark ray wrote:
my G4 iMac's optical drive died, so I replaced it and upgraded
to a larger hard drive as well, There is a perforated metal cage
on the front bottom of the optical drive that is held to the
drive with copper "tape" 6" long and 3/4" wide. it has lost it
stickiness. is there anything I can use to adhere it back to the
drive. Or is there a replacement "tape" available? Thanks.
mark ray
bluellama...@embarqmail.com
It's KAPTON TAPE ULINE 800-295=5510 uline.com.
This is the stuff
http://www.uline.com/BL_6407/Kapton-Tape
No, it's not that Kapton tape, which is based on polymide film.
There is, I believe, some Kapton tape that has EMI/EFI
capabilities, but Mark is correct when he says copper tape. That's
what is used in every iMac G4 I've been inside.
Jim Scott--
Found these as well:
JVCC CFL-5CA Copper Foil Tape (Conductive Adhesive):
and
DiMarzio Copper Shielding Tape, 24""x3-1/2""
I'll have to check locally and see if someone carries it, I will
never (oh I really hope not) use 36 YARDS of this stuff. If not
Hello LEM swap list!
mark ray
bluellama...@embarqmail.com
Why do you want to use conductive tape? You want to short your board?
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda USA
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