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touching cpu contacts

duvet77

duvet77

duvet77

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you know all these warnings you get about not touching cpu contacts... how important is it really?

i remember building an old amd k5 system and i bent the cpu pin, bent it back again and it worked fine...

and i may have accidentally touched my cpu socket on my modo last night :eek:
 
I've been touching cpu pins for years and never killed a chip becuase of it. There's a small chance that if you were statically charged when you did it you might of killed it, but the chance would be pretty tiny.

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Isn't that what everyone does before handling electronic components? :confused:

I also fire up my Van der Graaf generator to be safe as well.

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Personally I always stood on my chips as the pins made a pretty pattern on my foot.
 
I always wear my leather 'gimp' outfit while I do my builds - keeps the static at bay.

Seriously I've never knowingly killed any pc components with static discharge but then I do also take the usual precautions..
 
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When doing pc build work the only precaution i do is touch the metal in my case then do what i need to do i.e change cpu or install new card etc. Nowt has happened before doubt anything will in the future.
 
The thing with ESD is that any damage you may cause to your CPU will not be apparent at first as the electrostatic discharge damages some of the contuctor paths by weakening them due to the high voltage that passes through the CPU. This causes part a track to be reduced thickness creating a weak point which through time and power ons will eventually cause an open circuit. It effectively causes a bottle neck for current flow and so that part of the track is stressed until one day you switch it on and the current surges and the track pops like a fuse.

This may take years, month or days. It all depends on how much damage you do. The major suppliers of electronic circuits to the company that I work for have a policy where they imediately sack and one found to be handly any electronic components without any ESD protection.

This does not only apply to CPU's as any electronic circuit can be damaged by touching it so remeber that the next time you fit any cards or memory into your PC.
 
well i once pulled a heatsink off and ripped out my CPU without lifting the leaver.... I looked at my mobo saw no CPU. looked at my hand and saw it was stuck to the heatsink lol.


spent 2-3 hours bending pins back in with a paper click, comb, ruler, fingers. And it still works to this day. It doesnt over clock though mind ;)


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Does the thing have to be earthed ??

If u just touch a pc case when it's not got any thing pluged it to it then u have nothing to earth on ?!?!?

I also fire up my Van der Graaf generator to be safe as well.
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Laughed so hard my boss thought i was on drugs !!!
 
Noto said:
well i once pulled a heatsink off and ripped out my CPU without lifting the leaver.... I looked at my mobo saw no CPU. looked at my hand and saw it was stuck to the heatsink lol.
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Done that with a Xeon once, jesus christ the thermal paste on those things is lethal!
 
done that loads of times, the stock TIM on the P4 CPU coolers sticks a lot, luckilly it hasnt stopped any of them working
 
kanon said:
The thing with ESD is that any damage you may cause to your CPU will not be apparent at first as the electrostatic discharge damages some of the contuctor paths by weakening them due to the high voltage that passes through the CPU. This causes part a track to be reduced thickness creating a weak point which through time and power ons will eventually cause an open circuit. It effectively causes a bottle neck for current flow and so that part of the track is stressed until one day you switch it on and the current surges and the track pops like a fuse.

This may take years, month or days. It all depends on how much damage you do. The major suppliers of electronic circuits to the company that I work for have a policy where they imediately sack and one found to be handly any electronic components without any ESD protection.

This does not only apply to CPU's as any electronic circuit can be damaged by touching it so remeber that the next time you fit any cards or memory into your PC.
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I second that....some devices also have built in static protection. Trouble is the first blast can wipe this out, the second kills your chip. Hence most folk think static damage is rubbish "look I touched it & it still works" !. My first job had a room where even the floor was conductive....touch the case and keep your feet still !.
 
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