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Fisher <fisher@no_email.here> wrote:
> "Ed Cregger" <ecregger@homtail.com> wrote:
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>>You guys worry too much. As long as you ground yourself and your
>>components to the same potential, via the computer chassis,
>>there isn't anything to worry about. Of course, you shouldn't be
>>rubbing your feet on the carpet once you have grounded yourself,
>>you shouldn't be touching other devices that may hold a
>>significant static charge, etc. I haven't blown a component from
>>static discharge yet, and I have been at it for several decades.
> Yea, guys that do this for a living don't ground themselves with
> wrist straps when working on PC's.
Whoever you are talking about does not work on my PC.
> And to properly ground yourself anyway you get one of those
> straps that plug into the ground socket in an electrical
> receptor - that is grounded - not your PC case.
Is that what the people who work on your computer say? I think
that is a fundamental misunderstanding. You probably would connect
yourself to the PC case so that there is little potential
difference between you and the components in your system. The case
would absorb and disperse generated electricity. That is why
manufacturers recommend wearing an anti-static wrist strap or
touching the case, while you are manipulating components.
Noticeable static electricity discharge helps remind me to be
careful when working with components. If you want to do a test,
try it when the air is dry and you can easily generate static
electricity. Work up a real good charge and then touch a surface
mount device, one of chips on your video card, one of the black
flat things that has lots of tiny little metal pins sticking out
of it. Touch those little pins and make sure it pops just like
usual static electricity discharge. Let us know if it destroys
your video card. Thanks in advance.
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> From: Fisher <fisher no_email.here>
> Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
> Subject: Re: Bit of wire as good as an antistatic strap?
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 18:21:57 -0700
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