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TheHobgob
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Is it safe to use sellotape on my case between the case and the motherboard (the gap the spacers creates) to hold cables in place?
If not sellotape can you suggest any other form of adhesive? I don't want to drill any holes into the MB tray.
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dogbert10
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I prefer to use things like these - sellotape tends to dry out and loose it's adhesive properties.
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Spreadie
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I've been using duct tape for years. It hasn't failed yet.
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Geiseric
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A lot of PSA (pressure sensitive adhesives) on the market are emulsion based cheap tapes, what I would recommend if you want to go down the packaging tape route is a Tape that has been made from a hot-melt synthetic rubber resin like Scotch general purpose sealing tape 371 or Tesa 4280 both of which have an adhesive to steel peel strength of 4.0N/10mm.
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rustybucket
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If you can't fix it with gaffer tape.....
... you're not using enough.
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QFT Mythbusters showed you can make a boat out of it, you can lift a car using it and you can make a CANNON out of the stuff.... it's pretty damn strong! _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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rustybucket
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What's got a light side, a dark side and holds the universe together?
Gaffer Tape
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TheHobgob
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I tried it and failed. The damned spaces are so small I couldn't get any cables under the MB. Looks like its a messy case for me. And for the more observant of you, spot the difference.  _________________Twitter: AdamW89 Flickr: The Hobgob
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ProfessorF
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A friend of a friend used two rolls of it to attach a Super 16mm camera to the side of a battleship.
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rustybucket
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I once used a ratchet strap and four rolls of gaffer as a substitute for the 3 feet of weld that snapped at the business end of a 20 ton hydraulic ram under a stage. Worked as well  _________________Jim
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Bluespider
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If you want to be completely anal about the whole thing, Mylar tape is the stuff to use when sticking anything to a circuit board (or anything electrical) example hereits completey non conductive and guaranteed to stick your cables to the board. Its the brown film you sometimes see on motherboards and circuits and occasionally on processor sockets before they are populated.
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