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This article was co-written by Luigi Oppido. Luigi Oppido is the owner and operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, CA. He has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, antivirus and upgrade.
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This wikiHow teaches you how to protect delicate components inside your computer from electrostatic discharge. While the odds of your computer being damaged by electrostatic discharge are pretty low, at least you can be sure you don’t accidentally damage a critical component.
Steps
Prepare the work surface
- Never place the computer on a flat surface such as a carpet, blanket, or towel when performing any operation that requires you to ground yourself.
- If you have no choice but to stand on the carpet, you need to actively ground every few minutes.
- You can wear rubber sandals to completely block contact of your body with the floor, but this is less feasible because rubber sandals are not always available in your home.
- If you don’t have rubber sandals, you can also wear shoes with rubber soles.
- You can wash and dry clothes with scented paper to reduce the possibility of static electricity before working with the computer.
- You can also humidify yourself by hanging a wet towel in front of the radiator fan.
Self grounding
- You can even assemble it while touching the metal part of the case with your non-dominant hand if you want to make sure static electricity won’t affect the components.
- However, with this method alone, there is still a risk (albeit very small). You should only rely on this method if the work is fast and the components are not too expensive.
- Don’t use antistatic rings without wires because they won’t work. [3] X Research Sources
- If your strap has a hook (instead of a clip), you can easily attach it to the center screw in the wall outlet. This screw is grounded (at least in the US), but you may need to double check with a power meter to be sure. [4] X Research Sources
- If you just need to fix your computer, you should buy vinyl anti-static mat; Rubber mats cost much more and are not really necessary. [5] X Research Sources
- Antistatic mats are best for most home projects. You will have complete peace of mind.
Advice
- You should only hold at the edge of the CPU. Do not touch any contacts, printed circuit boards or metal tips unless absolutely necessary. [6] X Research Source
- Today, the problem of computer damage due to static electricity is not really as worrying as it was ten years ago. While we can’t deny the importance of taking steps to prevent accidents from electrostatic discharge, most modern computer components have many layers of protection against common agents that typically is static electricity. [7] X Research Sources
Warning
- Even if the amperage is so small that you cannot notice an electrostatic discharge during assembly, this has the potential to damage or shorten the life of the component. If the power is strong then in the worst case the motherboard can be permanently damaged. [8] X Research Sources
This article was co-written by Luigi Oppido. Luigi Oppido is the owner and operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, CA. He has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, antivirus and upgrade.
This article has been viewed 11,179 times.
This wikiHow teaches you how to protect delicate components inside your computer from electrostatic discharge. While the odds of your computer being damaged by electrostatic discharge are pretty low, at least you can be sure you don’t accidentally damage a critical component.
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