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I've heard that Static Electricity harms computer components, and witnessed it.

 

Basically I've touched my Xeon after walking on carpet, stupid of me, and "it's dead Jim".

 

All I want to know, is how do you people take care of Static Electricity? I've have a ES bracelet, but I don't know where I can ground it. I have hardwood in my building space, so do you think it is worth it using a ES bracelet?

 

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Touch a piece of metal before touching any sensitive PC parts.  PC casings are a good choice.  Ground yourself and proceed from there.  @ItsDaGeek

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Ground yourself to really anything metal, preferably the case.

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You need to ground it to a metal surface which is grounded. Otherwise you can touch your PSU to discharge yourself.

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By grounding myself. 

Keep in mind, if you live in a dry climate, you need to worry about the problem much more than say me who lives in Indiana.

 

Rule of thumb- if you know anybody with a swamp cooler in their home or RV, take extra ESD precautions 

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By grounding myself. 

Keep in mind, if you live in a dry climate, you need to worry about the problem much more than say me who lives in Indiana.

 

Rule of thumb- if you know anybody with a swamp cooler, take extra ESD precautions 

 

Well believe it or not, it is actually raining in southern California.

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use a ground strap that goes into ground on wall socket

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I've heard that Static Electricity harms computer components, and witnessed it.

 

Basically I've touched my Xeon after walking on carpet, stupid of me, and "it's dead Jim".

 

All I want to know, is how do you people take care of Static Electricity? I've have a ES bracelet, but I don't know where I can ground it. I have hardwood in my building space, so do you think it is worth it using a ES bracelet?

 

Cheers!

Never used a bracelet in the 17 years I've been working with computers. Instead I follow my father's advice on that, and it's something I also saw in a book about building computers: mount the PSU first and plug it in. That instantly grounds the case so long as you plug into a properly-grounded outlet. Then it's just a matter of touching the case every once in a while. Never lost a component to ESD.

If you use a bracelet, the best way to ground yourself is something that is plugged into the wall and grounded. If you have a surge suppressor nearby, then clipping it to that will work. An alternative is to do as I said, mount and plug in the PSU (power switch off), and then clip the bracelet to your chassis near the power supply.

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Wear no socks. Make sure if,you got pants on role them up, rub metal every omce in awhile.

 

 

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Not nit picking or anything, but just so you know :). Technically, it is ESD and not just ES, D being discharge. Personally I could care less what you call it, but I worked at a few electronics manufacturers / medical manufacturers and it's referred to like that. Just in case you tt someone and they look puzzled :).

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To be honest, if you aren't wearing synthetic fibres you'll be fine. I grab hold of a radiator to ground myself every 30 minutes or so just to be sure.

 

Synthetic fibres are the only thing to really avoid. I once killed an MP3 player by having it play music while I took off a fleece jacket. There was an almighty crack in my ears (which were ringing for a good time after) and the MP3 player didn't work anymore, and this was when 1GB MP3 players were damn expensive.

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To be honest, if you aren't wearing synthetic fibres you'll be fine. I grab hold of a radiator to ground myself every 30 minutes or so just to be sure.

 

Synthetic fibres are the only thing to really avoid. I once killed an MP3 player by having it play music while I took off a fleece jacket. There was an almighty crack in my ears (which were ringing for a good time after) and the MP3 player didn't work anymore, and this was when 1GB MP3 players were damn expensive.

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