JEMC said:
Ganoncrotch said:
Aye if you touch the chassis of the PC (the metal at the back) you'll equalize any charge between you and the motherboard, even moreso if the PC is plugged in since otherwise it will not be earthed at the time you do it, an earthed wall of the house would do it too, or like you said the floor (as long as it isn't a wooden up stairs floor) would do the same discharge from you into the earth.
It's just one of those things which I would raise to someone who is completely new to building a PC and as Dreamcast210 said a bit ago he didn't know there was anything other than the wattage of a PSU to consider then I would always make sure that person gets as much bits of info as possible before they end up doing something which might cost them a component or the whole PC, I do agree though, if you work inside PC's a lot you'll never really go through the bother of a wriststrap, I've got a pair of the things... but working in a centre with 300 PCs, I think I maybe put it on a couple of times on my first week.
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I see wristbands as a way to make you feel safer and focus on the task.
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As long as they're used right, a mate of mine used to always put it on and clip the biting part of it onto his shirt cuffs.... for those unsure about what this band does, this is the equivilent of trying to protect yourself from injury with a motorbike helmet, which is in a box sitting in your sidecar of the bike, it's there, just not doing anything.
