• Building a PC. How do I prevent destroying something with static?
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I built mine on a wood desk, naked and with my dick laying on a metal dish on the table.
Homoerotic-built PCs. I think you're on to something!
[QUOTE=Tudd Fudders;19302084]I built mine on a wood desk, naked and with my dick laying on a metal dish on the table.[/QUOTE] Pics or it didn't happen. Also, anti-static wristbands are a joke anyway; the only people paranoid enough to buy them have enough tin-foil lying around to make their own instead.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;19281432]Because static straps are overkill.[/QUOTE] It's just a guarentee, i used one for my build today.
[QUOTE=Veers;19277279]Don't forget the motherboard standoffs[/QUOTE] :3
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19307257] Also, anti-static wristbands are a joke anyway; the only people paranoid enough to buy them have enough tin-foil lying around to make their own instead.[/QUOTE]Lold And towards the dick idea should it be erect with a dish taped 2 it or dangling onto it?
Static isn't as big of a concern as you would think. You could ground yourself with a metal object and when handling parts, hold the corners. I've built multiple PCs and never took any major precautions to avoid static "destruction".
I built my computer on shag carpet wearing socks and I never grounded myself. The computer has been running well over a year.
[QUOTE=Odellus;19342492]I built my computer on shag carpet wearing socks and I never grounded myself. The computer has been running well over a year.[/QUOTE] You you have shag carpet.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;19342538]You you have shag carpet.[/QUOTE] My grandparents do.
[QUOTE=Odellus;19342605]My grandparents do.[/QUOTE] I was wondering.
Death by static is overrated, people get worked up about it for no reason. I've had occasions where I've had 1" sparks jump from my fingers to pins on a GPU on a video card (several times I might add) while the system was running and the machine kept running without any issue. It's common sense to assume static can't cause damage to components. Static is all volts and no amps, so while it may be 100,000 volts, it's something like 0.0000001 amp which has no "push" behind it, making it extremely unlikely to damage any electronic equipment. The only times you should be worried about static is if you're in some computer repair class and the professor is watching, or you're working on someone else's hardware and can claim that you followed "proper" procedure while working on it in the event that something on it breaks.
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GiGaBiTe is right, there is no need to worry over this. If you are worried just do it in the kitchen on a wooden table and touch something like a radiator or smin
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