Don’t Be Careless
Don’t Be Careless
When working with hardware, the first thing is to ground yourself properly. Whenever you are tinkering under the hood, have an antistatic wrist strap hooked up. If you don’t have one, stop what you are doing and go buy one now! Never, ever, work without protecting your delicate electronic components from static. A tiny shot of static can fry your CPU, RAM and even the motherboard.
Computer components have highly complex and delicate electronics. When working with an exposed and live motherboard don’t try to take shortcuts, keep the area clear of other electricity conductors, an accidental short can just as well fry your PC components. The same goes for leaving components lying around on the floor, or on the edge of the shelf—you could accidentally step on or drop them. Also take care to not drop things onto the motherboard, bend any components or touch anything you shouldn’t.
When working with hardware, the first thing is to ground yourself properly. Whenever you are tinkering under the hood, have an antistatic wrist strap hooked up. If you don’t have one, stop what you are doing and go buy one now! Never, ever, work without protecting your delicate electronic components from static. A tiny shot of static can fry your CPU, RAM and even the motherboard.
Computer components have highly complex and delicate electronics. When working with an exposed and live motherboard don’t try to take shortcuts, keep the area clear of other electricity conductors, an accidental short can just as well fry your PC components. The same goes for leaving components lying around on the floor, or on the edge of the shelf—you could accidentally step on or drop them. Also take care to not drop things onto the motherboard, bend any components or touch anything you shouldn’t.
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