RAM and esd

[Leoram425]

I’m still kind of new to the whole pc building thing and I’m just wondering, is it possible that ram could be damaged from static electricity in its packaging? I know it sounds dumb but I just heard the other day that plastic conducts electricity apparently. I ordered the g skill 2x4gb 3200 ram sticks and obviously they were packaged in plastic. Just out of curiosity is it possible they could of been damaged through esd? And can esd only occcur when I’m directly touching the component or can it travel through other things, in this case plastic?

[emosun]

you'd have to try really hard to kill packaged ram with esd

to put it in perspective , I've never killed a computer part through esd in any situation and i've been building machines for 14 years. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

RAM is shipped in ESD safe packaging, usually.

[Hari S]

2 minutes ago, Leoram425 said:

I’m still kind of new to the whole pc building thing and I’m just wondering, is it possible that ram could be damaged from static electricity in its packaging? I know it sounds dumb but I just heard the other day that plastic conducts electricity apparently. I ordered the g skill 2x4gb 3200 ram sticks and obviously they were packaged in plastic. Just out of curiosity is it possible they could of been damaged through esd? And can esd only occcur when I’m directly touching the component or can it travel through other things, in this case plastic?

it could happen but i would send it back and make an excuse

[Aidanlockett1]

12 minutes ago, Hari S said:

it could happen but i would send it back and make an excuse

yep, mine was in standard plastic, got it from a frys (value ram) handled it like a 2$ toy from mcdonalds ands its running my pc today. So be careful but im sure you're fine.

[r4tch3t]

Pc parts are fairly hardy, but you can damage them. Was can go through basically anything. Including esd safe packaging. The packaging is mainly esd safe in regards to ensuring that it doesn't build up a charge from sitting around out being handled, rather than stopping someone from zapping it whose scuffing their feet along the carpet building up 100,000 volts