Re: [Nolug] Possible grounding/static electricity problem

Better if you can hook the wrist strap to a known good ground, e.g. a
water pipe.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Devin Naquin <dnaquin@cox.net>
To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Date: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Possible grounding/static electricity problem

>On 03 Jul 2003 06:41:07 -0500
>Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> If the case's power supply isn't plugged in, what's the point of
>> touching it? Where would the electricity go, if, for example, the
>> PC is on a wooden table?
>
>"The static problem is between you, the motherboard and the case.
Whether the case is grounded or not doesn't affect this." ~John
Souvestre
>
>Modern motherboards have current through them as long as the thing is
plugged in, so working with them plugged in, you risk shorting
something.
>
>Devin Naquin
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