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upgrading pc and body static discharge???

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dopple

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incase the home doesnt have earthing/grounding will a anti static wristband work to discharge the body voltage from static?

also will just washing hands under the water ground out the body static charge before i do the upgrade??

thanks.
 
ur worrying to much just dont rub ur PC hardware on ur head and u should be good.
 
Dont stress over it. You can static fry computer parts, just be smart about it.

Water pipe is good, Run a humidifier a bit before you start, number of tricks to making sure there is no discharge.

After all, I dont think anyone wants any kind of discharge on their computer.
 
Just touch the ground with the metal screwdriver you'll be using every now and then. Job done.
 
Environment matters. Here in soggy Seattle where the humidity is usually 100%, I can't build up a static charge if I try, not even with clothes fresh out of the dryer (we need no anti-static dryer sheets here). When I visit my relatives in a semi-arid area where the humidity drops below 40%, I can build up a charge that's possibly fatal to PC components in a single step. I would absolutely use an ESD bracelet in the latter environment, but here in Seattle I'm lazy and don't worry about doing more than touching the metal part of my PC case every now and then, and haven't had any problem with static damage.
 
I work on computers daily, also take apart laptops. I have yet to ever fry one piece of equipment with static. I just sit down, work on it, don't go rubbing my feet in socks on the carpet. If my cat comes near my I shoo her away, just simple common sense stuff. I bought a radioshack static wrist strap kit when I first did a computer build a decade ago and got laughed at lol. I touch something grounded before I begin, usually also touch the metal case of the computer before putting a hand in. Not positive that the case touching helps but its become habit. If you go rubbing your feet on your carpet then swipe your hand across all the solder leads you might pop something, aside from that don't worry. Have a seat, take your time, and enjoy the building process =).
 
The wonky thing about static discharge is that low level static discharges don't immediately cause an issue but can cause early failures, so just saying you haven't fried a piece of equipment doesn't mean that it didn't die early to it :p That being said, I don't use a strap for any of my own builds, but if I'm at work in the lab I definitely do.
 
Neb said:
The wonky thing about static discharge is that low level static discharges don't immediately cause an issue but can cause early failures, so just saying you haven't fried a piece of equipment doesn't mean that it didn't die early to it :p That being said, I don't use a strap for any of my own builds, but if I'm at work in the lab I definitely do.
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Good point, never thought of that. I still wouldn't worry too much over it. I also have a tendency to not carry any static. I get shocked by something or shock someone about once a year if that. Not sure why.
 
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