Im doing my first computer build and I was just sitting in my hallway in only my boxers putting my cpu and heatsink on my motherboard. I was so scared of any static I thought it was best to put it together near anything that could not charge any static, plus I was constantly touching my case to ground myself.
- thermalright XP-120 heatsink
- Sapphire Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition
- Antec P160 Anodized Aluminum Super Mid Tower
- (3) 120mm silentX fans
- the rest of the stuff is already on my computer that im using now until my build is finished, the only problem is that im waiting for my ram and video card, the ram should be here in a couple of days but the video card is on backorder, so who knows when I will see that.
i will have picks of my complete build went im finished
Im doing my first computer build and I was just sitting in my hallway in only my boxers putting my cpu and heatsink on my motherboard.
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Congrats on first build. Don't worry about static, it's over blown urban legend. Unless you are always shocking yourself when you walk around in your room, don't worry about it. I usually ground myself before starting, but never once I get into it.
Congrats on first build. Don't worry about static, it's over blown urban legend. Unless you are always shocking yourself when you walk around in your room, don't worry about it. I usually ground myself before starting, but never once I get into it.
Ya I usally just touch the power supply so I'm grounded.
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04-22-2005, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ninty9
I blew up a motherboard from static. Shouldn't have been messing around with it on my carpet I guess. oOo:
So you're saying you and your motherboard got freaky on your rug? you may want to rethink doing that as you'll only end up scraping circuitry, getting pubes stuck in the wiring and whilst humping, no matter how much you'd like to, NEVER blow your load in one of mothers' sockets.....
calmdown:
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest - Henri David Thoreau
do you have a job or were you saving for a long time?
I just finished school, and today was the last day for the company I work for (layed off - plant closing) and I have been working for that company since I was in highschool so I got a $20,000 severence (sp?) and I get $500 off any computer part I want. edit: ($1000) because im using someones $500, and he gets my old computer)