[SOLVED] What are the signs I have ESD damage on my GPU.

[DeathHadArrived]

I am concerned because I touched my GPU PCB. Here are the factors of what happened.

-I touched my PC case to discharge some ESD.

-I touched my GPU PCB with my bare fingers

-My hands were washed along with my paper towel to dry my hands. My hands were basically clean and they were completely dry

-My computer was off but my PSU was not turned off and was connected to a power surge.

-I was on a wooden floor at that time when I touched my GPU PCB.

-the humidity levels at my room were around 53%

 

[Darkbreeze]

Are you having problems with your graphics card? If so, it's HIGHLY unlikely that it's due to anything related to ESD.

I've been building systems and working with hardware for about 35 years and in all that time, I've never worried about ESD to any extent beyond making sure I've touched a case or some other metal object like a lamp frame after walking across the floor etc. I've never had an issue. Ever. With any build or component I've handled, due to ESD.

That is not to say that it CAN'T be an issue, because it obviously COULD given the right circumstances, but unless you're walking across a highly static inducing type of carpet floor, in your socks and are then FIRST grabbing your graphics card or motherboard, it is highly unlikely to ever be an issue and maybe not even then.

People worry far too much about this, and it's typically people who don't work around hardware much that do. The rest of us, we just DO it, and it's not an issue. If it was, there'd be giant bright yellow warnings on the package of every electronic component you ever handled or purchased warning you about it. What warnings there ARE, are merely there to mitigate any liability of the manufacturer in the extremely rare even something should actually happen that's related to a static discharge, so nobody can say they didn't warn you ahead of time. It's a non issue unless you almost go out of your way to MAKE it become a problem.