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Posted on 07-03-10 04:58:48 AM

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Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

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Danger, Danger?

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HIGH VOLTAGE !!

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Posted on 07-03-10 10:38:20 AM

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Posted on 07-03-10 04:45:11 PM

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Posted on 07-03-10 04:55:24 PM

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Unless you're a computer.

That's why static electricity doesn't hurt you (although it can feel uncomfortable) but it kills computer components, if I remember my AP Computers class from 2003-2004.

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Posted on 07-03-10 04:56:06 PM

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Originally posted by Terra
Unless you're a computer.

That's why static electricity doesn't hurt you (although it can feel uncomfortable) but it kills computer components, if I remember my AP Computers class from 2003-2004.

Which is why I always touch a radiator when I open my computer.

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Posted on 07-03-10 05:09:26 PM

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Dad pulls the lever at the big house.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Posted on 07-03-10 05:14:08 PM

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Originally posted by Zero One
Which is why I always touch a radiator when I open my computer.

I was always taught to wear an ESD wrist strap and hook it onto the metal of your computer case. Then, a few years later I found myself building a computer in a plastic case. I think I ended up clipping the strap to some other computer that was nearby

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:03:26 PM

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ESD. Electrostatic Dispersion?

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:07:47 PM

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I think it's electrostatic discharge

Close enough.

I've also heard advice of just touching something metal periodically.

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:08:15 PM

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Zero: Electrostatic Discharge, you have to be careful of that when working on a computer, DVD player, VCR, TV, whatever...

Remember that current kills, not voltage, so you could survive 1 megavolt but at a very low current (such as 1000 µA). =P

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:09:01 PM

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Dispersion sounds awesomer

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:30:27 PM

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What I find works best is to keep the power cord plugged in but the main switch on the back off, so the case is still grounded to the earth but nothing is powered. Just working on the computer and holding the case will naturally discharge static through the case, and I've never had anything fry or anything like that doing this. I don't know how well the case will ground if it's not attached to anything, but not likely as well as with a low impedance connection to earth ground. Only time this would probably be unwise to do is during a lightning storm.

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Posted on 07-03-10 06:34:33 PM

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I'm always concious about those things when I work with electrical equipment, so usually I turn it off at the plug, leave it for 15 minutes, then unplug it, wait another 5 minutes for everything to discharge, and then I'd open it

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Posted on 07-03-10 07:17:29 PM

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The ROM chips are what gets fried by ESD, usually. It rewrites what's in them, ruining them, as those same chips are programmed by electrical currents being run through them in the ROM programmer.

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Posted on 07-03-10 07:18:16 PM

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What is ROM used for?

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Posted on 07-03-10 07:20:22 PM

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Originally posted by Zero One
What is ROM used for?

Nowadays, I believe it's still used for the BIOS, which handles the computer's startup tasks and loads the operating system or boot loader, and for a basic character set used in text mode.

In the old days, often the entire OS including goodies like a BASIC interpreter would be in ROM.

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Posted on 07-03-10 07:23:33 PM

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Other things like Memory and the southbridge/northbridge have their own ROM, depending on the design of the motherboard. Also, many PCI-E and PCI cards also have them.

And hard drives have a chip or two as well.

That's why they're all vulnerable to shock. If they didn't have it, they'd be more resillient...

...But also nothing more than a dumb block of capacitors and resistors. :p

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Posted on 07-03-10 07:23:34 PM

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Ah, right. My life suddenly makes sense now

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