Building a pc without an antistatic wrist thing
- Thread starter gam3r
- Start date
Soldato
gam3r said:How do i ground myself? I never used to bother with it at all before but I remember reading something about keeping your pc plugged in but i can't remember!
can someone remind me please
One method is to leave the case plugged into the power supply, but SWITCH OFF AT THE WALL. Remember to switch it off at the wall, thats the important bit, otherwise you can fry your computer or yourself. Then you can occasionally touch a metal part of the case to ground yourself. Out of habbit, I also touch a metal tap before a build to ground myself. Only problem with this is that if there are plastic pipes in the system, it might not work.
Soldato
Just make sure you touch an unpaited part of the radiator though, a the paint acts as an insulator.
Associate
minimum static gain...do it naked.....just watch that you dont jam your floppy in though
Man of Honour
dafloppyone said:
LMAO
I've never grounded myself or gotten rid of any static and I've been fine.
I tend to really feel my components up aswell.
Associate
warning
dont want to sound like a pain but DO NOT WORK ON ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES LIVE OR PLUGGED IN .UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
dont want to sound like a pain but DO NOT WORK ON ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES LIVE OR PLUGGED IN .UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
Last edited:
Associate
if your building any electrical equipment that is static sensitive you must be electrical earthed (grounded),a cable stripped bare at both ends ,one end on a copper water,heating pipe and the other around your wrist will do short term,but buy a wrist strap
dave
dave
Ive never grounded myself and never had a problem, to tell the truth i dont even turn it off if im just unplugging something like a fan and never had any problems, well i did catch my knuckle in the fan of my old G Power fan whilst it was at 100% and lost some skin.
Go on, live on the edge and work on your PC whilst in the bath
Go on, live on the edge and work on your PC whilst in the bath
Man of Honour
Oh and in reply to the "leaving your pc plugged in" comment yes, leave the psu plugged into the motherboard and into the mains, but turn the switch off on the PSU otherwise things will be live.
Associate
Hey Gam3r, what G.skill kit are you using with the DS3?
Recieving it all today..