grounding

[badninja3]

how can i ground myself? like neutrlize myself. what can i touch?

im building my pc right now. i have everything setup on my kitchen table. but there's a thin carpet/rug under the table that i would be stepping on. would that be okay? or do i have to stand on a non-static-carrying surface?

 

[MarxSoccer]

Just touch a doorknob or something. Don't worry about static electricity too much. Everyone does and it's no biggy

 

[badninja3]

okay, well its just that everybody talks about it and says that it can like silently and suddenly kill ur system. and wasting $800 isnt something that i would like to do.

 

[MarxSoccer]

I had my set up the same as yours is. Wood table, rug under neath. I took off both my shoes and sock, and every once in a while touched a doorknob next to me

 

[badninja3]

i should take off shoes and socks?

 

[MarxSoccer]

Well, either keep on your shoes or take them both off. Socks would conduct static electricity easy as pie on that rug

 

[badninja3]

oh. okay, i think ill take both off, cuz my shoes sometimes make me staticy

 

[mammikoura]

just touch an unpainted part of the case to ground yourself.
And I'm pretty confused right now.. the first (about 5) computers that I built I never even thought about static electricity. All of these pc's worked fine. Then with my newest build I was really carefull, like touching the case every 2 mins or so. And my mobo didn't work (not sure if I broke it or if it was already broken when I got it) so I had to send it back.

 

[-Paul-]

i should take off shoes and socks?

whatever you dont wear only socks... either take everything off, or wear shoes.

 

[badninja3]

cool. i got my mobo, psu, dvd, and hdd installed. now i gotta put in ram, vid.card, cpu, hs/f, pci stuff, and front panel stuff.