usb drive

[Derek Trotter]

Just be careful.  I know a woman who got a 3rd degree burn on her arm 
because a blob of molten plastic escaped from a faulty machine at work.  
Also the heat required to get the plastic off would destroy the 
electronics inside.  This isn't so much of a problem in this case.  As 
John Cleese might say - It has ceased to be.  It has gone to meet it's 
maker.  This is an ex drive.

Turns out He's not the only one who can tell a story about a dead parrot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ6TgaPJcR0

On 08/27/2013 12:40 PM, skreimey at gmail.com wrote:
> Assuming the metal is copper, the melting point is just over 1900F. 
> Plastics tend to five off harmful fumes, and it would be difficult to 
> cleanly remove it from the metal leads, too. Do you just want to see 
> how the internals of the flash drive are wired?
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> Subject: usb drive
> Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 3:10 PM
>
>
> coooool. you know I was crying about my USB drive this weekend? Well, 
> I thought to myself that today would be a good day to throw it away. 
> Well thank goodness curiosity got my attention; I grabbed a pair of 
> pliers and broke the plastic housing. That left me with the metal 
> housing. I was looking at it wondering if I could take it apart 
> further when I stood it up and the  plastic inside just slid out. I 
> look at it (I have magnifyin vision)and it looks as if what they do is 
> mold plastic around the circuitry because all the plastic is, is a 
> slab wich is 1/16" thick by 1" long with no metal showing except 4 
> contacts one one end and 2 tiny contacts on the other end (same side). 
> Anyone know how I can take it apart further. I'm thinking I coucd melt 
> the plastic but am unsure. How hot should I turn the oven up too?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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