THIS MIGHT SAVE YOUR COMPUTERS LIFE

Read through some of the replies. He's certainly got a serious attitude problem. Personally I've built many pc's like that, not exactly best practice, but if u discharge yourself before picking up components...no problem. Btw ... you actually watched all 9 minutes ???
 
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i rather be safe an use a static wrist band... then just touch something metal to discharge..

no i didn't watch it all sadly...i wish i could have tho
 
I never bother with anti static wrist straps. If i damage something due to static, i'll send it back.
 
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come on guys tho...its like £5 max and saving the time and hassle...most importantly being safe.

but i guess its down to being cautious and aware, while touching your components.
 
sandman06 said:
come on guys tho...its like £5 max and saving the time and hassle...most importantly being safe.

but i guess its down to being cautious and aware, while touching your components.
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I'm always cautious while "touching my components" :D
 
Reading your replies to this topic, and i've got to say i'm shocked lol :eek:

You guys serusly don't use a wrist band to discharge yourself? The components your touching will definatly be effected, they may work ok now, but give them a few months and they'l probably give in.

In the local computer shop I used to work in we allways had to be straped up before we evan touch inside of a computer :\
 
sandman06 said:
come on guys tho...its like £5 max and saving the time and hassle...most importantly being safe.

but i guess its down to being cautious and aware, while touching your components.
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i used to work with electronics. when i was doing surface mount on boards that cost twice anything you can buy for a pc - thats when i used a wristband. building pcs: not needed. if you really want to be safe, do it its only cheap as you say.
 
NachT said:
In the local computer shop I used to work in we allways had to be straped up before we evan touch inside of a computer :\
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Touching other peoples stuff is an totally different scenario to touching your own, they made you because there was a possibility of static damage. The damage over time thing you're pressing I've been told isn't the case, if you damage something you'll know about it seeing as static shock can only damage things by shorting out a component.
 
I always use an anti-static wristband, I used to work with my old man years ago when he ran a TV repair business, some of the old CMOS chips were prone to die with even the smallest static discharge so I've kinda gotten used to wearing one.
 
built pc's since the first socket a cou/mobos and never damaged anything with static :)

at work however when handling a macbook pro and 2gb of so-dimms ;) I make sure im plugged into an anti static wrist band and ontop of an anti static mat :D
 
It is a terrible choice of music and I'm not sure I have anything much more helpful to say really because the video is a bit pointless. For a guy who claims to know about PCs then he is a bit dumb leaving components(particularly Ram) on carpet.

I've never used an anti-static wristband and I doubt I ever will unless I somehow get a job that requires me to do so, remember to touch something grounded while building or upgrading a PC and the risk of static electricity is so small as to be negligible. So far I've built something like 20 odd PCs and upgraded plenty more and have yet to suffer from any problems due to static electricity, I've had components DOA and some that have subsequently died but none due to anything other than normal mechanical/electrical failures.
 
i always make sure i'm wearing my special anti-static underwear, wristband, glasses, shirt, trousers, and ofcourse my specially made one of a kind anti-static slippers! :rolleyes:
 
Zefan said:
The damage over time thing you're pressing I've been told isn't the case, if you damage something you'll know about it seeing as static shock can only damage things by shorting out a component.
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Not entirely true

"'Almost as bad' scenario - the static electricity finds a path to ground but only partially damages some of the components. The device might still function as we would expect at the time of building the PC, but its life span has been significantly reduced. In real terms, your device fails after a short period of time for no apparent reason!"
 
Joe42 said:
I never bother with anti static wrist straps. If i damage something due to static, i'll send it back.
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Thanks for increasing the prices of the components I buy.
That's really great of you.

If you are working on a case for an extended period of time - Then the anti-static wrist strap is great.

If just changing a component over etc, leave PC plugged in, turned off and ground oneself every few mins.
Never damaged components this way.

Have an anti-static mat too as the floors in our flat seem to be static prone.
 
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