02/12/2010, 10:25 PM
02/12/2010, 10:28 PM
dark_mirage Wrote: [ -> ]yeah, the wires from the data are at least 2x the size of the wires leading to the 3 volts in and out, on the same drive, and i don't think its fake gold cause i scratched it with a penny fairly easily, and there are no steel colored marks under the scratch, im not claiming that its solid gold, but i think its got some real gold in it
You mean the outside? or the pins?
The outside definitely won't have any real gold, since that doesn't even connect to transfer data. It'll either be pained or a gold colored alloy (copper + some other stuff?). I've once had a USB with a plastic outside, and the only metal bit is the pins.
As for the pins, don't know.
02/12/2010, 10:29 PM
trademark91 Wrote: [ -> ]can wee lock this thread?
please?
im just getting irritated. and its going to become troll bait...
Ok, I'm fine with that. In a few minutes, in case he has some last words to say.
02/12/2010, 10:29 PM
Assassinator Wrote: [ -> ]dark_mirage Wrote: [ -> ]yeah, the wires from the data are at least 2x the size of the wires leading to the 3 volts in and out, on the same drive, and i don't think its fake gold cause i scratched it with a penny fairly easily, and there are no steel colored marks under the scratch, im not claiming that its solid gold, but i think its got some real gold in it
You mean the outside? or the pins?
The outside definitely won't have any real gold, since that doesn't even connect to transfer data. It'll either be pained or a gold colored alloy (copper + some other stuff?). I've once had a USB with a plastic outside, and the only metal bit is the pins.
As for the pins, don't know.
plastic outside sounds cool.
if it wasn't so ridiculously extraneous, i would go buy a flash drive just to mod it.
02/12/2010, 10:36 PM
trademark91 Wrote: [ -> ]plastic outside sounds cool.
if it wasn't so ridiculously extraneous, i would go buy a flash drive just to mod it.
Not exactly this, but looks something like it, has a similar sliding style, pretty much all plastic. Can't find any pictures for my exact one, it's like a 128MB from years past.
![[Image: novel-slide-usb-flash-drive.jpg]](http://www.chinabuye.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/n/o/novel-slide-usb-flash-drive.jpg)
02/12/2010, 10:56 PM