sending pc parts

[iain_herts]

hi all i am thinking of selling a stick of ram i have here just laying about now cos i dont have a anti static bag wot else could i use to protect it in the pos.

iain

[paulyoung666]

an anti static bag you could blag from somewhere , mind you , how do you know that it isnt fubarred already

[iain_herts]

not long come out of my pc so i know it works

tin foil?

Originally Posted by iain_herts

hi all i am thinking of selling a stick of ram i have here just laying about now cos i dont have a anti static bag wot else could i use to protect it in the pos.

iain

in theory you only get static build up on insulators, the 'anti static' bags are electrically conductive to prevent a static charge building up.

so - again theoretically, any conductive material should do the same job - aluminium foil, for example.

<edit> @Gary - snap

[Matth]

At a pinch, and I wouldn't recommend it, I've used paper as an "emergency wrap" for cards out of an old machine, or computer fair junk tables.

Since most plastics are no only good insulators, but static generators, and paper at atmospheric humidity is not a perfect insulator, it was better than leaving then to scratch.