Static Elctricity is NOT your friend

[gr8npwrfl]

Please guys, some of the damage to Mobos are not your mods.

They are dying from static electricity. Please spend the 5 bucks and buy and use a static wrist strap.

The electronics industry spends billions of dollars on static prevention. They would not do it if it were not a
problem.

If you are going to mod buy a static wrist strap and use it before you ever open the case !!!!!!!!!!

Just because it does not die the day you open the case, It can die for no reason days, weeks or months later.


Number one rule USE A STATIC WRIST STRAP.

[j.s2ghetto]

would u have a link to one of these

[ApheX]

Completely agree, when your working on anything like this you should have a staic band. saved my   so many times.

[psp339]

would u have a link to one of these

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5451
Usually people use these when they build computers.

[robin1989]

or get some wire - strip the sheeth off and tie it round your rist and then to your neerest radiator

[RoBot1ks]

Wow...I bought one from radio shack and never used it...Maybe its time to start.
Luckily nothing has happened yet....Knock on...*where's the wood smiley

Thanks 

[joecrack57]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5451
Usually people use these when they build computers.

so how do i use it, and is the one from dx good?

[nez]

so how do i use it, and is the one from dx good?

dude are you for real clamp it to metal to ground your self put the strap around your wrist. done
dealxtreams it fine or go to radio shack. i use it most of the time using any electronic i take apart.

[GhoSt]

dude im extra safe i use a wrist band attached to a antistatic table mat that is attached to a antistatic floor work mat under my bench, and that is wired to earth

[Reaper]

dude im extra safe i use a wrist band attached to a antistatic table mat that is attached to a antistatic floor work mat under my bench, and that is wired to earth

umm an anti-static wrist band attached to anything anti static, would make the wrist band ineffective.  The idea is the static goes from the band to whatever it's attached to...

[GhoSt]

umm an anti-static wrist band attached to anything anti static, would make the wrist band ineffective.  The idea is the static goes from the band to whatever it's attached to...

yea but they all connected to earth

[Luke]

static has always being a bully to me 

[ryan0]

u dont have to buy a strap u just touch a tap or pipe or any other large metal object to discharge ur static b4 u touch the mobo,my brother killed a 1gb ram chip cos he didnt discharge his statice like i told him to