SSD and ESD

[Ethan Carlone]

I just recently got a new PNY CS1311 SSD. My brother decided to open it up without telling me and he touched it. I'm not sure how grounded he was, but he only touched the shell. Is there anything to be worried about?

 

[Gallarian]

Very, very unlikely to be damaged. You can handle SSDs quite freely with minimal risk.

 

[boosted1g]

People are way way too paranoid about ESD.

In the last 15 years electronics are way less sensitive to ESD.
If you are not doing a bunch of things to induce ESD (like dragging wool socks on carpet), then odds are there was absolutely zero issue.
I only take ESD precautions if I am doing full disassembly and I have NEVER had an electronic device fail due to ESD.

Also touching the shell should have zero effect anyways unless the shell was metal AND the screws actually touched the circuitry.

 

[Ethan Carlone]

People are way way too paranoid about ESD.

In the last 15 years electronics are way less sensitive to ESD.
If you are not doing a bunch of things to induce ESD (like dragging wool socks on carpet), then odds are there was absolutely zero issue.
I only take ESD precautions if I am doing full disassembly and I have NEVER had an electronic device fail due to ESD.

Also touching the shell should have zero effect anyways unless the shell was metal AND the screws actually touched the circuitry.

Thank you for the information.