And don't work with the power on like my retarded friend. He fried his mobo in the process.
And don't work with the power on like my retarded friend. He fried his mobo in the process. :lol:
And don't work with the power on like my retarded friend. He fried his mobo in the process. :lol:
No, the object you are discharging yourself to does not have to be grounded. Given that your feet are on the floor, you will actually become the ground. Yes, if you touch the back of the case or the power supply housing while the pc is unplugged on a table you will be ok. It's not that you have to discharge to a grounded pc to rid yourself of static it's that you have to "equalize" the static charge between you and the pc. If, prior to working on your pc, you touch the case and you get a slight static shock, that slight shock is the static charge difference built up between you and the pc being disharged and grounding out thru you to the floor. Hence, touching the case and or power supply prior to working on the pc is just fine. With that said, given you may get a slight static discharge from your pc prior to working on it, you do not want the mobo, memory, processor, or any slotted components to be the first thing you touch, that's how people fry their parts, always touch the case or psu first.wen touching a metal object to discharge yourself does it HAVE TO BE grounded? i mean if i touch the back of the case wen the pc is on a table is that ok?
Yeh, those things can save you from a lot of pain. I get zapped by about a 3/4-inch spark every time I get up from my chair, if I wore an anti-static band it would discharge without so great a voltage buidup.
In fact, the joints in my fingers are starting to hurt from all the sparks...
I usually rub my motherboard across the carpet for good luck, before putting everything together....
Yeh, those things can save you from a lot of pain. I get zapped by about a 3/4-inch spark every time I get up from my chair, if I wore an anti-static band it would discharge without so great a voltage buidup.
In fact, the joints in my fingers are starting to hurt from all the sparks...
It's a good idea to have but not really needed. As long as you make sure to ground yourself by touching the side of the case then you will be just fine.
I've personally fried two motherboards, a sound card, and a video card with ESD. Get the frickin' wrist strap! It's five dollars. It's pretty cheap insurance.
I usually rub my motherboard across the carpet for good luck, before putting everything together....
Hey, Chucky, you're making me look bad here! Actually, I fried my HD.You can never be too safe, that's the saying my Gunny used to tell me. So when it comes to working with your pc or any sensitive electronic devices it's good to have an anti-static wrist band. Provides extra security and lowers the chances of having a static discharge that can harm your electronics. I used it for any of my pc old and new. But sometimes I get lazy and don't bother finding the wrist band and just go ahead and work on my pc without it. I have never experienced any static damage even when i was working while on the carpet. Bad thing. I'm not saying that there's low probability of this happening, but sometimes stupidy or ignorance can bite back. So don't do what I do and wear wrist wrap everytime you work on your project or mod if you value your electronics.
And don't work with the power on like my retarded friend. He fried his mobo in the process. :lol:
Eh, don't ask. I lost all 300 GB of files and apps. Now, after $25 of profit for UPS and Seagate, my new HD is coming tomorrow. BTW, not to hijack this thread, but the HD on this Dell sometimes"ticks". It's not doing it right now though...How did you manage to do that?