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**manic** · 07-07-2008, 01:11 PM

Static electricity is a concern "esd". Nothing to freak out about, but
you should be aware always. If your in a dry climate ie, arizona. You
really should wear a ground strap, to your wrist or ankle. You connect
the aligator clip to something that is grounded. Most things that are
metal, and plugged into the wall are grounded. You can hook the
clip up to something metal on the device plugged into the wall.
Just a piece of metal laying around is not grounded.
The power supply when plugged in is grounded, I use that alot when
messing with pc, its only grounded when plugged in. You really have
to be careful of esd, when handling ram, very susceptable to damage
from esd....

07-07-2008, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 3,491 OS: xp	Re: concerns about building my first computer! Static electricity is a concern "esd". Nothing to freak out about, but you should be aware always. If your in a dry climate ie, arizona. You really should wear a ground strap, to your wrist or ankle. You connect the aligator clip to something that is grounded. Most things that are metal, and plugged into the wall are grounded. You can hook the clip up to something metal on the device plugged into the wall. Just a piece of metal laying around is not grounded. The power supply when plugged in is grounded, I use that alot when messing with pc, its only grounded when plugged in. You really have to be careful of esd, when handling ram, very susceptable to damage from esd.... __________________ Last edited by manic : 07-07-2008 at 01:12 PM.