On Tuesday, October 08, 2013 13:44:03 Sean Swehla wrote: > > motherboards are ESD sensitive > > This is all very true but I don't think it's as alarm-worthy as this thread > makes it sound. I've run machines for their entire useful life on top of > phonebooks and such, and I think knocking the thing over has been a more > apparent hazard than ESD ever was.
Hah! Well I haven't lost a motherboard to ESD specifically, but I have lost other devices to ESD, and that's a sad death. The other problem with ESD is that you can end up with "latent" ESD failure, such that a static shock today will cause a failure in the next two months, such that you can't remember or figure out what caused the failure later. So in my mind I just keep in mind what's ESD sensitive and what's not. I didn't mean to "harp" about it. :-P Sorry if I did that. > I'm not saying I'd recommend it /instead/ of a case but I definitely > recommend, when all else has failed, making sure that something about the > case or mounting isn't causing a short. An errant mounting post can cause > all manner of bizarre behavior, even without causing any permanent damage. > In fact, when I worked doing warranty repair and later working for an OEM, > removing the MB from the case was added to the standard troubleshooting > procedures. Interesting. Okay. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected]
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