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rickss69, that's one of the oldest photoshop burn photos ever, jeez.
And to this day still the best ever...
rickss69, that's one of the oldest photoshop burn photos ever, jeez.
then it wasnt static, what you felt was the 5V line from the USB stick.
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Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
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erm no it was static that i always get this time of year due to air being dryer due to heating. Maybe the 5v added to it but static started it in the 1st place.
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grounding is pointless.
static electricity killing hardware is a myth made up by people who killed their systems (or just dont know how to assemble them) and blamed it on something they didnt understand, instead of admitting failure.
I've built hundreds of machines on carpet (no case - just on the carpet directly) and the only one to have a problem was because a resistor/capacitor (not sure which) on the bottom of the board got caught, and pulled off the board. (cats fault.)
short version is: static wont really do squat. dont worry about it.
DO worry about damaging the boards physically however, be careful not to bend pins or contacts, or get debris in any slots.
theres no way static can cause the amount of damage you described. i've touched metal between external HDD enclosures and metal PC cases dozens of times and received electric shocks without any damage to the hardware itself - theres just no way one single static spark can do that much damage.
you seem convinced that it was static, but by what evidence? that there was an electrical discharge from a device connected to power? how do you even know it was static?
I think you made an assumption there that it was static exactly as i theorised in my earlier posts, and you're defending your logic/reasoning. there is no need to.
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System Name | Benny |
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Processor | Phenom II 1055t @ 3.3GHz; 300x11; 1.380v; NB 2700; HT 2400 |
Motherboard | ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (2002 BIOS) |
Cooling | Thermalright TRUE 120 Black + 2 Xilence Red Wing PWM 120mm (push/pull) + polycarbonate fan holders |
Memory | 8GB GeIL Ultra 2133MHZ C9 running at 1600MHz @ 7-7-7-21 1T 1.5v |
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Static can kill stuff, especially during manufacturing. But I've never had an actual component die on me, and I've carried around ram sticks and graphic cards in fleece pockets. ^^
i always carry a static charge just this time of year it's like 10 fold
Mussels? Why you do this to me?grounding is pointless.
static electricity killing hardware is a myth made up by people who killed their systems (or just dont know how to assemble them) and blamed it on something they didnt understand, instead of admitting failure.
Put RAM in your pocket when it's warm (just taken out the rig) then take it out your pocket when it's cold - then see if it works. I reckon that'd kill it.
EDIT:
That's what I was talking about. I think some people are just more prone to it.
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System Name | Benny |
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Processor | Phenom II 1055t @ 3.3GHz; 300x11; 1.380v; NB 2700; HT 2400 |
Motherboard | ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (2002 BIOS) |
Cooling | Thermalright TRUE 120 Black + 2 Xilence Red Wing PWM 120mm (push/pull) + polycarbonate fan holders |
Memory | 8GB GeIL Ultra 2133MHZ C9 running at 1600MHz @ 7-7-7-21 1T 1.5v |
Video Card(s) | MSI Twin Frozr II GTX470 @ Stock w/CPU fan cable-tied on, as one of the GPU fans broke. |
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Power Supply | Corsair HX650W |
Software | Win7 Pro x64 |
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Storage | [1TB SN850 NVMe, 4TB 990 Pro NVMe, 2TB 870 EVO SSD, 2TB SA510 SSD] |
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Case | [Fractal Meshify-C] |
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I think the answer is simple -
To properly ground your PC - plug it in and turn the swtich off. Then wrap up your whole body with electrical tape. Or just your fingers.
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And to this day still the best ever...
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Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
Motherboard | Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded) |
Cooling | Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate |
Memory | 2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V) |
Video Card(s) | Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W)) |
Storage | 2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2 |
Display(s) | Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) | Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) | Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144) |
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VR HMD | Oculus Rift S + Quest 2 |
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There are lots of protection measures put in place but that makes it less likely, but not impossible.i've carried ram and CPU's around in my pocket with no harm done to them. a Q6600 that i stood on and rubbed into carpet (thought it was dead, the board was) and its still working to this day.
EPROMs; I still have a few 4MB ones from CISCO(also back in that era, sunlight cleared CMOS chips...)
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Mouse | Logitech G502 |
Keyboard | ElE Game1 |
Software | Windows 10 Home 64-bit |
There are lots of protection measures put in place but that makes it less likely, but not impossible.
In all my time working on computers I can't recall for sure if I ever fried anything from static. Nevertheless it is a documented effect and observing basic precautions is trivial.
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