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Was just wondering how often or common components getting fried from just static discharge while handling them was.

Have any you been unfortunate enough to have this happen to one of your new components?

Edit: Also how did you realize something happened, did you feel something?

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I have heard stories on this forum so hopefully they will see this and reply :D

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So far, I haven't bothered for any safety precations and I have lost nothing..

 

I even built 2 motherboards on my bed ayy lmao

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I think I might have killed something on my older Z87 motherboard because of static discharge, but I'm not 100% sure.
It actually works, but I'm not able to boot into Windows with it and it also doesn't restart automatically after the Windows installation.
Tried pretty much everything. Now it's just sitting on my shelf, because it looks nice :P

 

 

 

 

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Nothing at all :)

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Ive been fairly lucky, and havent lost a single compnent yet, even though I tend to build/ dis assemble things on my bed xD

 

I don't have carpet in my room/ wear socks, so that helps a bit...

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I've zapped an NTC (thermal sensor) on a GPS tracker. Readings went nuts after that.

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I have never shocked anything YET, I always follow correct procedure for example grounding myself though there is a first time for everything, I just hope my first time won't be a £200 motherboard or £600 video card. That would suck.

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So far, I haven't bothered for any safety precations and I have lost nothing..

 

I even built 2 motherboards on my bed ayy lmao

Yeah, i built an htpc on the carpet. lel

 

 

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Not new components. But I hoovered out one of my dad's computers (with his permission ;) ), and it won't turn on since then lol. It was kinda old but still quite a good computer. Still need to check to see if any of the parts work. :D

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I killed a stick of DDR2 by using it as a back scratcher. It was a good back scratcher though.

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No. At least not that I'm aware of. I've definitely had static shocks on key components without immediate issue. Some of those components have died later on but that's likely coincidence.

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I think wearing Nylon or fluffy Polyester is the bad thing. Carpets are fine, as long as you're handling metal

I tend to wear some fairy static generating stuff so I just been curious cause of that since I just ordered some parts for a new PC. *Fingers crossed*

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i think i might have once lost a 2.5'' HDD to ESD. or it was because i didn't handle it carefull enough. anyway, i definitely zapped it when i touched it tough, and it's pretty much doing nothing now!

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OH WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED I HOOVERED A POWER SUPPLY, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO DIE BUT IT WAS CHEAP AF SO I DIDN'T REALLY CARE AS IT WAS ALREADY DEAD

 

TL;DR I killed a PSU that was already 90% by hoovering it because I didn't give a fuck anymore.

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I tend to wear some fairy static generating stuff so I just been curious cause of that since I just ordered some parts for a new PC. *Fingers crossed*

I wear cotton t shirts and jeans for building. Never had a problem.

 

It's probably best to avoid clothes like jumpers too because you have a very good chance of damaging something

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Never happened to myself and never have took the safety procedures, But it always plays on the back off the mind when building a PC.

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Yes. A laptop. Had to replace the board. Didn't feel a thing when it happened.

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OH WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED I HOOVERED A POWER SUPPLY, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO DIE BUT IT WAS CHEAP AF SO I DIDN'T REALLY CARE AS IT WAS ALREADY DEAD

 

TL;DR I killed a PSU that was already 90% by hoovering it because I didn't give a fuck anymore.

Unneccessary TL;DR?

 

Also, I have hoovered a laptop before, it still works.

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OH WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED I HOOVERED A POWER SUPPLY, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO DIE BUT IT WAS CHEAP AF SO I DIDN'T REALLY CARE AS IT WAS ALREADY DEAD

 

TL;DR I killed a PSU that was already 90% by hoovering it because I didn't give a fuck anymore.

You added a TLDR for one sentece, that is probably just as long as the TLDR and simply looks longer because you wrote it with caps lock?...

Such efficiency...

 

 

 

 

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Unneccessary TL;DR?

 

Also, I have hoovered a laptop before, it still works.

 

 

You added a TLDR for one sentece, that is probably just as long as the TLDR and simply looks longer because you wrote it which caps lock?...

Such efficiency...

Plz continue to miss the joke by a few thousand light years...

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Plz continue to miss the joke by a few thousand light years...

Usually I would just continue to do exactly that, because you asked for it, but instead I'll just ask what the joke was.

You cannot expect everyone to understand your joke, especially not when not everyone here speaks/writes proper english.

 

 

 

 

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I fix aircraft electronics for a living and ESD damage is a real concern. It's one of those things that's hard to track because usually you don't feel anything at all, it takes only extremely small amounts of current to damage an integrated circuit.

 

You're not too likely however to damage a PC this way unless you're moving around a lot or wearing very staticy clothing. Chances are every time you go to work on a PC, you start by touching the sides of the component and / or a heat sink, as well as your PC case... so immediately you've set your own potential to your case's floating ground. It's not necessary to bond yourself to earth ground, but if you do make sure both you and your PC are connected to earth ground.

 

Special equipment like ESD pads and wrist straps work by being only slightly conductive. They slowly leak charge out of a component so that it cannot be damaged by the discharge itself. Use common sense and you'll be fine. I've never had it happen to me.

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I have never shocked anything YET, I always follow correct procedure for example grounding myself though there is a first time for everything, I just hope my first time won't be a £200 motherboard or £600 video card. That would suck.

 

I'd say you could probably RMA that without issues though. I don't think they'd be able to tell it wasn't DOA.

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