On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:37 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
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> On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:22 PM, mark ray wrote:
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>> 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
>> [email protected]
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>> It's KAPTON TAPE ULINE 800-295=5510 uline.com.
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> This is the stuff
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> http://www.uline.com/BL_6407/Kapton-Tape
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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
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