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i just bought some computer parts and i just wanna know how to open them and where i can place them without killing them from static

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Just put them on a clean empty table and you will be fine.

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Ground yourself. Turn your computer off, leave it plugged in, touch the metal of your case. Not the component. Don't be on carpet, ground yourself every minute - few minutes. Put them on a clean surface/table. Wood, marble, granite, etc, are all fine.

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Ground yourself. Turn your computer off, leave it plugged in, touch the metal of your case. Not the component. Don't be on carpet, ground yourself every minute - few minutes. Put them on a clean surface/table. Wood, marble, granite, etc, are all fine.

i have an anti-static wrist band but i have carpet not wood and i dont have my case

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Being naked helps prevent static build up from your clothes.

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Being naked helps prevent static build up from your clothes.

 

Just remember to keep your sensitive bits away from your sensitive electronics.

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You have to go to a computer store and ask to use their anti-static room. They will put you in a big suit in a special room. They charge by the hour and it's quite expensive so be quick.

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Just put them on top of the box until you're installing them... Or only take them out when you're installing them. All i personally do is build on the kitchen table and touch something metal with anything metallic, then just occasionally touch the case.  

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I build on a wooden table barefoot with a tshirt and jeans, just dont wear a sweater or sweatpants, or just be naked.

You will be fine if u follow that.

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You have to go to a computer store and ask to use their anti-static room. They will put you in a big suit in a special room. They charge by the hour and it's quite expensive so be quick.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if stores actually claimed this and people believed them... 

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You have to go to a computer store and ask to use their anti-static room. They will put you in a big suit in a special room. They charge by the hour and it's quite expensive so be quick.

Never even heard of this before, just get an antistatic leg strap and work on wood surface?

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Unless you actually try to break stuff or handle them VERY carelessly there is actually a very small risk of things breaking, just use your common sense.

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Like any other electronic device. With clean hands, carefully and using packaging material for keeping then off the table/floor before installing them. Grounding comes important only when installing CPU to mobo. You should be careful about it all the time, but thats the most crucial part.

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Just place the items on the box they came in. Ex: motherboard on the motherboard box, gpu on the gpu box, etc. 

 

You can also build part of the pc outside the case (put the ram and cpu in the motherboard) on the motherboards box.

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First, your motherboard box is a perfect place to set your motherboard, and mount your CPU, and your air cooler (if you're air cooling), along with RAM. The motherboard box is cardboard, so it isn't conductive, so it makes a perfect place to get things started. Don't ever place parts on top of that grey anti-static bag, because the outside is almost always made of a conductive material to keep the electricity from the inside of the bag. Unboxing the GPU is the same way, just let it be on the top of the box until you're ready to install it. With a power supply, since it has the case around it, don't worry about keeping it away from static, so long as it doesn't shock the fragile PCB inside.

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i just bought some computer parts and i just wanna know how to open them and where i can place them without killing them from static

Killing a computer part with static is actually quite difficult. I've never heared of anyone actually doing so, ever. Just use common sense and you'll be fine.

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Only take them out when you're about to use them and handle them around the edges. Just make sure they don't fall or get wet and you should be fine.

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