Static Damage to CPU

[danlinus84]

Hello,

Just thought I would ask the advice of people on here. I recently took out an Intel lga 1151 CPU and cleaned it to reapply thermal paste. I completely forgot about static electricity. I didn't think about grounding myself and I did this with no shoes on, on carpet. Am I overreacting by thinking I would have somehow damaged the CPU? it still works the same way and passes various stability tests. Is the outside of the CPU more robust. I tried to just touch the edges as much as possible and not touch the flat pins too much.

Thanks for any help anyone could give..

[davyre89]

6 minutes ago, danlinus84 said:

Hello,

Just thought I would ask the advice of people on here. I recently took out an Intel lga 1151 CPU and cleaned it to reapply thermal paste. I completely forgot about static electricity. I didn't think about grounding myself and I did this with no shoes on, on carpet. Am I overreacting by thinking I would have somehow damaged the CPU? it still works the same way and passes various stability tests. Is the outside of the CPU more robust. I tried to just touch the edges as much as possible and not touch the flat pins too much.

Thanks for any help anyone could give..

If it still works, your system is fine.

[Guest]

You are fine.

[Princess Luna]

If it damaged or not it won't matter right now as in you should just put altogether and test it.

[iRileyx]

Every PC i've ever built/repaired (though that is only about 10 in total) has been with no shoes on, on carpet, and I'm yet to kill a component.

 

At this point I'm starting to think that static electricity killing components is just a myth honestly. (Obviously it can happen, but the chances are quite small)