just a small question about computers...

[weezarrgh]

will it help if i put on rubber gloves while building a computer? or should i just buy an anti static wristband?

 

[Tu13erhead]

Anti-static wristband is fine.

If you're handling a CPU, be sure not to touch the core or the heat-spreader, as well as the bottom of the CPU heatsink, as oils from your hand cause higher temperatures once mounted.

 

[weezarrgh]

cool thanks Tu13erhead.

 

[superfly27]

I just built a system (for the first time yay!).
Someone told me he had over 30 fps with a Ti4200 and Athlon XP 2200+ in UT2004. Since they say the Duron 1.8 GHz is really a reconfigured Athlon XP 2200+, I decided to try the same thing. Well, in some Deathmatch maps on high settings, I hit up to 90 or 100 and rarely get down to 30 fps. So, I think I did everything correctly.

Anyway, what did I do? I wore a T-shirt so I could my forearms wouldn't be covered. I rested my forearms on the metal part of the case while I was working with the motherboard. As a matter of fact, I tried handling things with one hand while trying to constantly touch one hand on my case all the time.

They say before you start, you should touch both hands on the metal part of the case.

 

[BeakerChem]

Be careful with rubber gloves and similar hand coverings. I have had more static issues (with powder handling, not electronics so it is more noticable) wearing gloves. I think it has something to do with the inabbility to ground the outside of the glove by touching something with your skin.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: superfly27They say before you start, you should touch both hands on the metal part of the case.

Wearing an antistatic wristband does the same thing as this, but there's no change of re-charging up with static electricity since you're always grounded.