Grounding my "case"

[The_Beast]

As I'm out of money, my new computer is going to have to live in a cardboard box for a few weeks

The only thing I'm worried about is how I'm going to ground the the mobo, any ideas on how to do that???

 

[PC eye]

The main ground for the board is through the power source namely the supply itself. But putting everything into a cardboard box is another matter. Generally the only time you leave a board exposed is on a non conductive surface to test things out with the basics only. There all you see is a supply, video card, cpu, and memory.

 

[The_Beast]

So I should get stand offs for the mobo??? Then somehow have them touch the PSU


What should I do???

 

[tyttebøvs]

You won't hurt anything. The primary reason why the chasis has ground it to reduce emi from escaping your computer

 

[PC eye]

In other words you don't get zinged from static like you do when touching a metal door handle at a retail store after getting out of you car. How about when you simply touch the door handle on the car itself at times? zing! You get a slight zap of esd there.

 

[The_Beast]

^^^ PC Eye your post make doesn't make sence to me ^^^

You won't hurt anything. The primary reason why the chasis has ground it to reduce emi from escaping your computer

Good so I won't fry my mobo

 

[Geoff]

Why can't you buy a cheap $20 case? It's really not worth it trying to setup a computer in a box, lol.

 

[The_Beast]

I tryed to find a used/free computer case but they are hard to come by

I still have a few places to check

 

[dznutz]

since i have no experience with a cardboard case i'll leave it to others.

i once read a book on how to save money. for computer parts go college dorms dumpster diving during and after finals week. do the same with computer stores. you might find a case or two

 

[Vizy]

post pix if u use a cardboard box...and some cases are like $20.

http://shop2.outpost.com/{sq7+Hw0Mk...KjG7GpELQ**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
a quickie search right there...but it comes with a psu. and im SURE if u look hard enough u can find a case..

 

[TFT]

Copy this one

 

[PC eye]

^^^ PC Eye your post make doesn't make sence to me ^^^

You don't know what static electricity is? Walk across a carpeted floor and touch a door knob to find out fast! zap!

Copy this one

We need something a little more original now. Come on you can do better like making one out of scrap sheet wood.

 

[The_Beast]

You don't know what static electricity is? Walk across a carpeted floor and touch a door knob to find out fast! zap!



We need something a little more original now. Come on you can do better like making one out of scrap sheet wood.

I know what static eletricity is but your post made no sence to me

 

[PC eye]

I know what static eletricity is but your post made no sence to me

What do you think esd is? Electrostatic discharge or simply put static electricity. Instead of a being a live current a certain amount of esd can be seen simply walking across a floor with a wool carpet or getting out of an automobile and walking to the front door of a retail store where the hand on a metal framed large windowed door with a metal door handle will give you some back! zzzzzzap! in an instant.

At that moment that static build up is released! The same goes for walking into a room to work on a system after walking across a living room floor with a nice wool carpet and then handling something like memory. One little arc or ZAP! and say good bye to the component.

 

[The_Beast]

^^^ I don't know why I wouldn't dischage myself before touching any on the components, it's dumb not too ^^^

 

[PC eye]

Two ways to see something ruined fast are to build up a nice esd charge and handling the contacts on a sensitive component like memory. That's one reason for saving the small container that memory kits come in so you can carry dimms to a system being worked on without direct handling.