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Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:26 am
by mr swim
rodos - get a thin piece of card and wrap aluminium foil around it. Then put it in a plastic bag (so it doesn't short everything it comes in contact with) and slip it between the two cards and secure. It you're having problems, this is supposed to do the trick (though I haven't tried it myself and I am having problems !)
Hope this helps,
Will.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:56 pm
by astroman
I have a metal foil shielding between my Pulsar and the main CPU because the PCI slots sit on a riser-card (turned by 90 degrees) right above the CPU fan

The foil is from a DIY shop where they sell stuff for christmas decoration etc and connected with the metal of the rear case.
A better solution would be an epoxy board with copper layers for circuit design.
The copper is usually coverd by a shielding for photo-processing. This could be mounted to an old rear connector of an arbitray board, so that the copper gets in contact with the case.
cheers, Tom
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 7:35 pm
by rodos1979
Hello guys and thank you for replying!
So, if I have understood well: it is important this "shielding card" not to touch anything else than the PC case, right? And should it be preferably made by copper?
What is an epoxy card?
Thank you!

Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 5:45 am
by astroman
Rodos, epoxy is just the carrier for copper layers on printed circuit bords.
It's the only material used for that purpose today. It doesn't matter if copper or some other metal is used, but those boards are the most simple to get.
It's of course essential that the metal shielding doesn't touch any components on the mobo or a PCI card.
Before it gets too complicated:
connect the copper side of such a board with a cable to the metal case of the PC.
Then put the board in an envelope.
Put on headphones full throttle and move the envelope between the cards of the opened PC.
If you can't track the movement audibly then there's no need to worry further
cheers, Tom
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 7:41 pm
by Neutron
same reason why a tinfoil hat stops "them" from reading your brainwaves

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 9:53 pm
by garyb
EXACTLY!