I thought it's bad to put the mobo on the anti-static bag because anti-static bags keep static electricity on the outside of the bag.
Matt
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!
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I thought it's bad to put the mobo on the anti-static bag because anti-static bags keep static electricity on the outside of the bag.
Matt
microchipper
banned
lol curtains. building a cmputer isn't hard. for the most part, you can just plug in the stuff in the only place it fits
nepts, just because the motherboard doesn't work doesn't actually mean it was your (or your brothers) fault. it could have just been a defective motherboard.
when i work on my computers, i'm always lying cards, ram, etc on my bed, the rug, a chair, ontop of the pc case, anywhere thats close and without any anti static bags. my hands usually get sweaty too and i'm often dropping screws on the motherboard. hell, half the time i don't even unplug the power cord, i just shut down the pc to make minor changes (like cards or drives). yet after many years, i have had no problems. the stuff isen't as delicate as many people seem to think.
remind me NEVER to buy a pc from you ... you haven't got a pet horse by any chance have you ? ...... cos i've found the COWBOY!!
bumblebee_tuna
New Member
No, don't....... In fact, if your desk is made out of wood, a bare surface is one of the best things to work on; wood doesn't conduct electricity.........
I don't know if this hasn't been mentioned yet but whenever you work on computers without an anti-static strap, it's a good practice to touch something metal, such as the case, to discharge any electricity you have.......
Also, from personal experience, if you ever drop a screw in your case, never use the actual screwdriver to fish it out. I must of touched something because somehow that fried one of my mobos........
I don't know if this hasn't been mentioned yet but whenever you work on computers without an anti-static strap, it's a good practice to touch something metal, such as the case, to discharge any electricity you have.......
Also, from personal experience, if you ever drop a screw in your case, never use the actual screwdriver to fish it out. I must of touched something because somehow that fried one of my mobos........
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dragon2309
P.I Dragon
I think he heard you the first time.... click happy were we??
microchipper
banned
whatever floats yer boat !!
No seriously, you can go a bit over the top with anti static protection sometimes.
All the pc's i've worked on i do three things EVERYTIME....
1. obviously turn off the power and take out power lead from pc
2. press the power button on front of pc to discharge any residual power
3. touch the side of the PSU(NOT CPU !!) to discarge any static from myself
then just as a precaution, if i leave the room for any reason i will touch the PSU again on returning.
I have never had a fried componant due to static in the 4 years i've been fixing pc's.
PohTayToez
Active Member
I use an anti-static wristband because our carpet has polyester in it and it creates a massive amount of static if I'm in trackies. I hook myself up to the radiators because they're earthed. I also built this rig on the dining table because it has wooden legs. I use the anti-static mat that came with my DS4 just-in-case and because it'll damage the table mat.
In the 10 or 15 years that my family has been using and playing with PC's we've never fried anything.
EDIT: Anti-static bags are made of a plastic that's very hard to pass electricity through. Static is always high-voltage, low current. That's why it arcs but doesn't kill you.
In the 10 or 15 years that my family has been using and playing with PC's we've never fried anything.
EDIT: Anti-static bags are made of a plastic that's very hard to pass electricity through. Static is always high-voltage, low current. That's why it arcs but doesn't kill you.
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Just some facts.
Ok, from what i leant at school, electricity arching is around 10,000 volts per CM. so if ur mobo only uses a 5v, 3.3, 12v rails + ur cpu that uses like 1.3v - 1.5v, and ram thats like 2.2v. So say u put 10 volts through it through static, that'll only have to be .001mm of a arch would be 10 volts now do u think u can see that? and thats already enough to fry ur CPU and RAM.
Ok, from what i leant at school, electricity arching is around 10,000 volts per CM. so if ur mobo only uses a 5v, 3.3, 12v rails + ur cpu that uses like 1.3v - 1.5v, and ram thats like 2.2v. So say u put 10 volts through it through static, that'll only have to be .001mm of a arch would be 10 volts now do u think u can see that? and thats already enough to fry ur CPU and RAM.
raoul_1101
Member
Probably just a magnetic screwdriver, which, if so, you shouldn't have been using.
Froboy7391_99
New Member
Ya I use magnetic screwdrivers inside my computer, it doesn't do anything.
bumblebee_tuna
New Member
I'm guessing I touched something like those half-circle thingy's with the wires wrapped around it or something...... Another thing is that I probably didn't turn the power off so it probably shorted something........ All I know is that I smelled something that was burnt and didn't really think about it until I found that my computer wouldn't start.
I'm also getting a conflict of different safety procedures as I have read that you should leave the power cord in the wall as then it would be grounded but also taking it out then pressing the power button makes sense too..........
I'm also getting a conflict of different safety procedures as I have read that you should leave the power cord in the wall as then it would be grounded but also taking it out then pressing the power button makes sense too..........