Grounding yourself.

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:05

Buchanan0204 said:
Yes. You don't have it switched on obviously.

P.S. It's a metal part of the case. Not PSU.

Ok thank you very much for that

So connect the band to metal part of case. Do i still have to touch case with hands before picking up motherboard?

Its only really the motherboard am worried about, when handling it out of package. Everything else can easy be picked up.

Jamiman · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:10

I've aways done the PSU connected to wall and switched off thing...then touched the case before handling anything. Nothing fried as of yet!

bremen1874 · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:12

shankly1985 said:
Ok thank you very much for that So connect the band to metal part of case. Do i still have to touch case with hands before picking up motherboard?

Its only really the motherboard am worried about, when handling it out of package. Everything else can easy be picked up.

You're worrying too much. Just ground yourself regularly and as far as possible hold components by the edges avoiding the electrical contacts. You should be fine.

4T5 · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:15

I have never done any more than rest my forearm against the metal chassis of my case as it's plugged in & earthed anyway.
All this Hoo Ha makes an old git like me laugh.

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:16

bremen1874 said:
You're worrying too much. Just ground yourself regularly and as far as possible hold components by the edges avoiding the electrical contacts. You should be fine.

I know lol just dont want to mess this build up. Been saving for just under a year. Cant wait till it finished now. week monday and I can order.

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:18

So when you guys, build a PC is your first thing you install always psu?

opstrat · 31 Jan 2012 at 17:32

usually the psu 1st so i can run cables for managment purposes

pc_monkey · 31 Jan 2012 at 18:06

Buchanan0204 said:
It's still got to stretch to the pc. Then I'll have a string going from my ankle straight up to the case. That's gotta be worse.

get an extension lead then.

pc_monkey · 31 Jan 2012 at 18:06

shankly1985 said:
So when you guys, build a PC is your first thing you install always psu?

motherboard with cpu first for me.

beejjacobs · 31 Jan 2012 at 18:09

pc_monkey said:
motherboard with cpu first for me.

Same. I usually leave the PSU til last

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 18:55

One more question guys. seeing has am worried lol Is it worth buying a Antistatic Bonding Plug.

beejjacobs · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:01

shankly1985 said:
One more question guys. seeing has am worried lol Is it worth buying a Antistatic Bonding Plug.

bremen1874 said:
You're worrying too much. Just ground yourself regularly and as far as possible hold components by the edges avoiding the electrical contacts. You should be fine.

You don't need to be buying all these things don't worry!

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:06

beejjacobs said:
You don't need to be buying all these things don't worry!

But its only £4 lol if it makes me more save am all for it

beejjacobs · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:08

shankly1985 said:
But its only £4 lol if it makes me more save am all for it

If you really want to! I've not built many PCs, maybe 5/6 but never had a problem with static, just used the case when its plugged in or a radiator or something and been careful with the components.

shankly1985 · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:15

beejjacobs said:
If you really want to! I've not built many PCs, maybe 5/6 but never had a problem with static, just used the case when its plugged in or a radiator or something and been careful with the components.

Thanks I'll just stick with case plugged in, with anti-static band connected then.

bitslice · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:25

beejjacobs said:
You don't need to be buying all these things don't worry!

That'll be why every person on the planet who handles electronic components in a company wears a wrist strap, antistatic overalls and a foot strap to conductive flooring.
Just so that some dufus at the end of the line can moonwalk across his nylon carpet with a £300 graphics card

To be fair, handling a finished PCA is less risky than an actual IC, but for the sake of handling them in the same way as the Korean guy who built it, you might as well have a strap.

Have to lol at all the people doing youtube builds who tell you to unplug your PC from the wall first, solve one issue, create a far bigger one

atpbx · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:29

Baldbloke said:
Ah, never damaged a board, eh? Static damage rarely shows immediately. It can take months to show up as a fault. By that time, we forget we didn't use anti static precautions and thus think to ourselves (me included until I learned about static), "I've never damaged a board with static". Have you ever had a board fail after any length of time?

No.

Baldbloke · 31 Jan 2012 at 19:47

atpbx said:
No.

Lucky chap. :cool:

beejjacobs · 31 Jan 2012 at 22:32

bitslice said:
That'll be why every person on the planet who handles electronic components in a company wears a wrist strap, antistatic overalls and a foot strap to conductive flooring.
Just so that some dufus at the end of the line can moonwalk across his nylon carpet with a £300 graphics card

To be fair, handling a finished PCA is less risky than an actual IC, but for the sake of handling them in the same way as the Korean guy who built it, you might as well have a strap.

Have to lol at all the people doing youtube builds who tell you to unplug your PC from the wall first, solve one issue, create a far bigger one

...and been careful with the components.

Next you'll be saying I said "just throw your components in the case"

Just saying, in my experience I haven't needed one. But then I am very careful.

Yaayuh! · 1 Feb 2012 at 19:39

I touch a radiator for about 10 seconds every 10 minutes or so.