IS a piece of paper alright between 2 cards?

[Bovinicus]

A piece of paper should be perfectly fine. DO NOT USE A STATIC BAG. The way static bags work is that they keep the static on the outside of the bag. Therefore, one side of the bag draws the static from the inside.

 

[WhoDeeny]

Originally posted by: sak
hey thanks guys..
i think i am going to stick with the paper thing...for right now..
mabey put some plastic if i see this is not working well..but till now nothings the problem.


and guys..i know how to get the metal plate out...its just that i want the thing to be at this one position

Well sh!t why didn't you just say so!?

😕

 

[sak]

The paper is working just fine...although i might cover the paper with electrical tape. just to be on the safe side...if i see any problems...

 

[AMCRambler]

A piece of paper should be perfectly fine. DO NOT USE A STATIC BAG. The way static bags work is that they keep the static on the outside of the bag. Therefore, one side of the bag draws the static from the inside.

So turn the bag inside out, right? Hahahaha, sorry Bovinicus, couldn't resist.

 

[amdskip]

Sorry man but what you are doing is very stupid. There has to be a different configuration possible than what your current setup is. A piece of paper is pretty much a fire hazard in a computer because there are some pretty hot chips that could start that paper on fire.

 

[BFG10K]

I'm fairly certain that paper can get a static charge but thick cardboard should be OK. I've transported entire motherboards inside their original boxes without anti-static bags and they've always worked perfectly after the trip.

 

[dszd0g]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
I'm fairly certain that paper can get a static charge but thick cardboard should be OK. I've transported entire motherboards inside their original boxes without anti-static bags and they've always worked perfectly after the trip.

Just because you didn't get a static discharge once, or even if it worked a hundred times, does not mean that it won't happen the next time. Static bags are used for good reason (Just not while the computer is on).

In another thread there was something that reminded me of those plastic sheets that are on the backs of some motherboards. Those would be ideal if you could find one.

I really don't think the paper is too big of a problem. Unless you get a spark inside your case the temp is not going to be high enough to ignite the paper. There are all sorts of stickers that can be found inside of a computer. Ever heard of these stickers catching on fire (without something else catching on fire first)? I really think that the only issue is static and conductivity.

And as someone else mentioned if the electronics really are that close together there could be issues of ordinary capacitance, mutual capacitance, and mutual induction (usually mutual induction is the one to worry about). If any of those became an issue one could isolate the two cards by placing an insulator (plastic sheet) on both sides of a metal plate (conductor) attached to the case (ground). The metal plate will prevent any fields from penetrating between the two cards and act as a ground plane, it does not have to be thick at all (any useful thickness should have a low enough resistance for this application). I really don't think this is necessary, but it may be interesting to some people.