To give advice to an inexperienced person that they don't need static straps while handling computer
componentry is IMO absolutely irresponsible.
When handling computer boards and components one should *always* keep themselves grounded or they
will risk damaging their hardware.
And for most jobs it is quite difficult to do this without a static strap.
It is true that modern componentry has protection circuit to *minimise* damage, it is just that
minimise. It is very difficult for protection circuitry to completely protect delicate digital
components.
We should not be advising lack of static precautions to anybody for DIY
computer assembly.
my 2c
Zane
Steve Holdoway wrote:
...not in the last 20 years, no. Just ground yourself on the case before
plugging anything else in.
Steve
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:51:08 +1200
Christopher D Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anybody actually use anti static wrist straps?
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Sent: 8/3/07 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Advice on building PC?
On 8/2/07, Gauland, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My fifteen-year-old son's running Ubuntu on a old eMac, and would like to
switch to an x86 machine. He wants to "roll his own", rather than purchase a
ready-built machine. This isn't something I've ever done, so I'm looking for
advice on going about this.
IMHO, others may disagree, The best bang-for-buck is probably found by
buying an ~3 year old ex-lease machine, and then adding a bigger disk,
should that be desired. Sorry, but while the 'buy a kit of parts' has
educational value, it's not necessarily more economical. If you go the
assemble yourself route, remember that the value of an anti-static
wrist strap exceeds its price by at lease two orders of magnitude.
Should he buy a second-hand machine to start with, so he test each component
as he upgrades it?
What does he need to consider to be sure he can upgrade everything easily?
It depends on the budget more than anything, can you mention a vague figure?
Just don't buy a totally non-mainstream machine. Asus make good
motherboards which run Linux well, as do many other manufacturers. The
"You get what you pay for" rule applies.
nVidea video cards go better under Linux than ATI ones.
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