Hehe, I wasn't trying to call you out in particular, Chris. (-: I just thought it was worth mentioning that it needn't be as terrifying as it was starting to sound.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > 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] > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Nov 6 - Security: Locking Your Doors > Dec 4 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > Jan 8 - January Meeting > > -- /thor
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