usb drive

[Carruth, Rusty]

How hard is the plastic?

 

A dremel might do part of the job....

 

Acid might remove it, but it might also damage the internals.

 

Note that, if you remove the plastic, then the wires will be a bit
pokey, as it were J

 

I assume the plastic is form fitted to the board, so that a forceful
removal (hammer, chisel, etc ;-) ) would damage the internals...

 

Rusty

 

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Havens
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:29 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: usb drive

 

geek jewelry!




:-)~MIKE~(-:

 

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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?
	
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	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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