ESD advice

Does anyone even worry about ESD here? I tend to just ground myself to the case when touching my parts(Pun intended). :eek:
 
I don't really worry about it, I just touch some metal and go on about my business, I havent had one thing that was dead yet.
 
SarverSystems said:
Lets leave the "ESD doesn't exist" lies and nonsense to another thread please.
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Who said it doesn't exist? If your smart you don't have to worry about it, no one said that it doesnt exist.
 
[bullshit[ ESD doesn't exist. It's just something chip manufactoreres made up to hide their shitty quality control practices. [/bullshit]

I've never had a problem that I "knew" was caused by ESD, but I wouldn't surprised if some random dead components weren't caused by it.
 
ESD really shouldnt be a problem for anyone, unless you like to touch the pins on your cpu/hardrive or the contacts on your add in cards. I pick up everything by the pcb, if you play it safe Esd should never be a problem.
 
Just remember, you don't have to contact the circuitry of the board to cause ESD damage to it.

You can ESD damage as far as 12" away if the field is strong enough.

To be honest, I also have handled RAM and PCI cards by holding them by the edges. I don't LIKE to do it, but sometimes I have to.
 
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