usb drive

[Michael Havens]

Yes... I just want to see the internals. Maybe I can make a necklace out of
it!

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:40 PM, skreimey at gmail.com <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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