ebay picture, take a peek.

[Gulzakar]

I was browsing ebay, and noticed something odd about this picture...




CPU

 

[djheater]

clue me in.....

I mean yes obviously it's pretty damn bad that he's taking no static precaution and it looks pretty beat up.... but is there something glaring I'm missing?

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: djheater
clue me in.....

I mean yes obviously it's pretty damn bad that he's taking no static precaution and it looks pretty beat up.... but is there something glaring I'm missing?

i dont get it either.. what's wrong with the pic?

 

[djheater]

phew... I was afraid I was the only one....

 

[Gulzakar]

what is the bare cpu sitting on?

 

[Gulzakar]

ok, well, I thought it was funny...especially since it's already up to the 140's in price...ok, so call me a geek

 

[fatbaby]

there is some sort of reminiscent of the WTC attack in the rug eh?

Or is it that intele?

 

[Red Dawn]

I mean yes obviously it's pretty damn bad that he's taking no static precaution

what is the bare cpu sitting on?

Carpet! Let's see wheres the absolute worse place I could oput a CPU to take a picture of it? Oh yea the carpet which is full of Static Electricity.

 

[chiwawa626]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
ok, well, I thought it was funny...especially since it's already up to the 140's in price...ok, so call me a geek

geek

 

[Gulzakar]

hehe, thats like smoking and pumping gas at the same time.

 

[pillage2001]

Okay, now I get it.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Hey even I caught onto it immediatley. What an idiot!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Maybe it's marble tile

 

[b0mbrman]

What an idiot...

 

[mrCide]

i put my sht on the carpet all the time, i've never had a problem with something due to static electricity.

 

[wfbberzerker]

looks like tile to me

 

[Cyberian]

That looked just like the porous plastic static pads that we used to use to ship memory when it still came on chips with little pointy legs.

Chip

 

[AShadeOfClear]

i put my sht on the carpet all the time, i've never had a problem with something due to static electricity.

Hmm I think I read soemthing about "latent" damage, it says that even if the component doesn't die immediately it can cause problems or die later on down the road.

 

[Ryan]

It all depends on where you live - your climate. If you live in a really humid area, there is a VERY low risk of your stuff getting shocked by static electricity. I live in FL, and I put my computer systems together on the ground, and have yet to have any problems with them.

 

[Gunbuster]

looks like a formica counter top to me

 

[silverpig]

<<looks like a formica counter top to me>>

 

[Evadman]

That is not formica. It is cut pile carpet with a face weight of 75 or so.

I love working @ home depot.

I was actually going to guess that that cooler was not the correct one for the chip, but that was only a guess. It looks like a P4 cooler not a pIII.

 

[bleeb]

Static Electricity is caused by rubbing to surfaces to get a transfer of electrons. If the seller simply placed it on the carpet, I'm pretty sure it is alright. Unless of course he/she dragged it across the carpet like a madman/woman.