Friji :
carterdarter :
sora :
I think if you work on a wooden surface and tap the wooden table you should be fine.
Well I am going to be working on a wooden floor and I rarely wear socks unless I am leaving the house so I should be fine
Touching a wooden table won't help you, but touching your metal case will. As long as parts of you case isn't painted over and they're showing bare metal, just touch the metal bits every now and then to discharge any static built up in your body. Either that or go to your local supermarket and buy latex gloves.
Let me join in this discussion since I'll also be building my pc this coming weekend.
Hi Friji,
I think my apartment doesn't have correct "ground" wiring so connecting the PSU and touching the case will probably make no difference.
So, I'm going the route of using gloves. Can you explain more on the science of this? So even if I have ESD built up, does the glove act as an insulator which prevents the flow to the computer parts? If so, does it matter if it is not latex? Currently, I only have some nitrile gloves on hand.