I'm pretty sure this tape is to shield it from static electricity??? Electricity takes the shortest path to ground so it would follow the tape and not zap the HD...So this is why it would be used!!!
-----Original Message----- >From: John Carmonne <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 14, 2010 12:01 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: copper tape replacement > > >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 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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 >> [email protected] > >Why do you want to use conductive tape? You want to short your board? > > >John Carmonne >Yorba Linda USA > > >
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