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i touched the CPU!
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Soldato
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It'll be fine
You have nothing to worry about. Just make sure you do not bend the pins on the motherboard and then you are all safe!
i can hardly see them
you read such horror stories on the web, dont touch this, dont touch that, watch out for static etc.
i fitted CPU last night, it just sort of dropped in lightly, the pins must have been ok, because these i hardly even looked at, i was too scared to even breathe on them !
i can hardly see them
you read such horror stories on the web, dont touch this, dont touch that, watch out for static etc.
i fitted CPU last night, it just sort of dropped in lightly, the pins must have been ok, because these i hardly even looked at, i was too scared to even breathe on them !
Within reason it is best to be careful yes. However the reality is that it is fairly difficult to damage PC components, shy of inflicting physical impact damage etc. There is rarely any need to panic if you accidentally touch something you 'arent supposed to'
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These fetishes have become common place and are no longer taboo. I wouldn't worry about it too much as it's nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about.
As with all fetishes, just don't do it too much
i can hardly see them
you read such horror stories on the web, dont touch this, dont touch that, watch out for static etc.
i fitted CPU last night, it just sort of dropped in lightly, the pins must have been ok, because these i hardly even looked at, i was too scared to even breathe on them !
aye, far far too many over zealous stories of dead components. to be fair though I have never ever ever used any fancy 'anti-static' straps or any of that rubbish, never ever killed a component either building computers for myself, for friends and what not, as long as you aren't totally foolish they are very hard to damage.
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This goes for most modern electronics, they can handle more abuse than they used to, not that I'm recommending anyone should handle components recklessly, but I can get clumsy at times with electronics and never had anything die on me due to ESD or a bit of shock!
aye, far far too many over zealous stories of dead components. to be fair though I have never ever ever used any fancy 'anti-static' straps or any of that rubbish, never ever killed a component either building computers for myself, for friends and what not, as long as you aren't totally foolish they are very hard to damage.
In before "Static is Serious Business Man": STATIC IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. STATIC DISCHARGES CAN AND WILL REDUCE THE LIFE OF YOUR COMPONENTS IF YOU DO NOT GROUND YOURSELF WHILE BUILDING A SYSTEM. I KNOW THIS FROM EXPERIENCE AND HAVING SEEN MANY A STATIC DISCHARGE IN MY TIME. GROUND YOURSELF, NOT A CHILD.
I usually fit my PC components while rubbing a balloon on my head with my other hand
When I was a noob technician I purchased 60 sticks of RAM for upgrading some machines where I worked. I fitted them without any kind of grounding, and found that 18 of them were dead on boot. I cant prove that they weren't already DOA, but still its quite a coincidence. So anyway, if you like to buy expensive components and assemble them yourself, then a wrist strap is a good investment. Or at least briefly touch an area of bare grounded metal before you start handling components. Its an easy precaution to take, it doesn't cost anything and it might save you allot of hassle.
Otherwise you can take Zefan's approach. Oh and while you're at it you may as well stop wearing seat belts in cars. Aye, far far too many over zealous stories of dead people in car crashes.
Otherwise you can take Zefan's approach. Oh and while you're at it you may as well stop wearing seat belts in cars. Aye, far far too many over zealous stories of dead people in car crashes.
I knew it wouldn't take long for Mr. Serious to appear!
Now if I'm going to be super serious about this, I do actually plug my PSU in and make sure I touch the bare metal in the case now and again.
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Depends on where you worked and what memory you bought, if you got 18 out of 60 sticks dead of Kingston hyperx or value ram, or crucial I'd say something else was very wrong, but if its the cheapo generic stuff have the uk stores do at ridiculous prices with awful timings, well those things have RMA rates magnitudes higher than branded memory.
I've yet to see or have noticed anything die of ESD that was obvious but you never really know. The difference between seat belts and ESD are, ESD is like myth, when stuff dies you can't really prove that is what killed it. You get lots of guys selling ESD protection telling you that everything that has ever died on you was down to ESD. With seatbelts, you can quite easily tell which lives would have been saved or injuries lessened had seat belts been worn.
One thing, not sure anyone mentioned it but I would make sure you carefully cleaned the underside of the cpu with something appropriate to remove any trace oils. You really don't want to risk something connecting two pads, asides from that, go crazy, moonwalk on lino with some static-y style socks on while juggling sticks of memory.
