How do i ground myself?!

Jimpowers79

Jimpowers79

Jimpowers79

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Hello, before installing my new memory is it essential that i am grounded whilst handling the sticks of memory? If so, how can i make sure i am sufficently grounded?

Thanks!
 
I had wondered... I saw a demo of someone doing simple ram installation and they were not using any kind of earthing, are certain components more delicate than others? Why is static a problem with electronics anyway? Thank you for the advice!
 
Oh, i was also wondering if anyone had any advice on the best method of removing dust from inside the case? Blowing seems to me to be a rather medieval substitute for what i imagine must be a far more contemporary alternative! I used to use compressed air back when i had an airbrush, would that work? I havent tried as i remember that it would leave a certain amount of moisture behind...
 
Thanks for the static feedback! I remember hearing about the high voltage that static electricity can hold, i understand now how it can be so damaging. I think i would probably be over cautious with such a possibility, although 5 seconds on the radiator sounds good to me!
 
Hi, I just tried to fit my new memory... touched the radiator and kept the power cord connected to computer and touched the casing periodically. But, and i'm sure its nothing static related, my computer didn't work.

I am replacing two sticks of 512mb with two 1Gb. I put the new into the bays the previous memory occupied, but when i turned on the computer there was a beeping coming from somewhere. It did a few cycles and then stopped, it was black screen the whole time. Turned off the computer and whacked my old memory back in and all is fine.

Have i done something wrong? Did i use the wrong bay? Have i got the wrong memory?
 
by the way this is the post and replies i got on another thread concerning the memory i should get for my system...

Hello, apologies first of all as i know very little about upgrading! I really need to get a new computer but cannot afford it at the moment, therefore a memory upgrade would be the next best thing.

I have a Dell Dimension DM051 with a pentium 4 3.20GHz processor and 1Gb of RAM.

I want to upgrade to 2Gb of RAM to improve my use of applications such as photoshop and premiere CS3. My question is what type of memory do i need to be compatible with my system?

That Dell PC requires 400MHz or 533MHz DDR2 RAM. There is non of this exact type on OCUK, but you could shop around or use this stuff (its a bit faster, but the BIOS should reduce it to motherboard default speed - 533Mhz)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144
 
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