Moving system to knew case.

[twitchee2]

Ok who i ordered a new case and im going to be switching evverything to the new case. is there anything i should be concerneted about? i know i dont really need to worry about static but im going to tka eprecaution anyway. if i have a wire that goes across the counter and is wraped aroung the sink facet which is coneceted to a motor food mucher thing(forgot what its called) which is grounded, will that work jsut fine? any thing else i ned to worry about? thanks for all your help

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Nothing comes to mind as being something you should look out for.

Take it slow...

Remember to do the motherboard standoffs carefully.

Should be easy

 

[twitchee2]

thanks what about grounding it. will my solution work?

 

[Raduque]

If you put the PSU in the new case first, then plug it in, just remember to touch the case frame every once in a while to discharge any static you might have picked up, and you'll be fine. I think a bigger problem is shorting the mobo with misplaced standoffs, or gouging something with a screw driver. Just take it slow and easy, do things one at a time, and you'll be fine.

Good luck! =)

 

[Soubriquet]

actually FYI you do need to worry about static but the precautions you have taken should work if you use them right, so make sure you touch a grounded metal object like the faucet or a radiator or a wire connected to such before you touch any components, or better get a static strap

if you remove a jumper/pullover/sweatshirt in mid build, or put one on or move across a carpet then again touch grounded metal or you could fry a chip

once it is built and inside a closed metal case then you dont need to worry so much about handling the case as the charge will not penetrate the case (Faraday cage effect) but even so take care, if the case is not metal then handle it like open components

 

[twitchee2]

ok so conecting a wire to the case then to a facet will ground teh case. and then if i touch the case everyone and a while i should have no problems. thanks for all the responces

 

[Soubriquet]

yup thats about it

wisest to ground yourself before you pick up any electronic component to be absolutely sure

a PSU will not suffer from static, HS/Fan likewise no problem, CDRom & floppy ditto due to their own metal casings but mobo, cpu, graphics card, ram and HDD are delicate

good luck

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Soubriquet
yup thats about it

wisest to ground yourself before you pick up any electronic component to be absolutely sure

a PSU will not suffer from static, HS/Fan likewise no problem, CDRom & floppy ditto due to their own metal casings but mobo, cpu, graphics card, ram and HDD are delicate

good luck

You can burn out CD and floppy drives with static discharge. Anything that has input/output pins is generally vulnerable.

 

[sharkeeper]

You can burn out CD and floppy drives with static discharge. Anything that has input/output pins is generally vulnerable.

It depends on the humidity and materials the builder is handling. Consider the following chart.

With all that said, 99% of the computer hardware we tested failed our spike torture test miserably. I guess we expected too much. Many would say (I hate using this term - oh dear!) we went overboard.

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper

Many would say (I hate using this term - oh dear!) we went overboard.

and did it work afterwords...lol

 

[sharkeeper]

and did it work afterwords...lol

The boards were physically damaged so there was no need to test them. Failed miserably.

 

[Fern]

which is coneceted to a motor food mucher thing(forgot what its called)

Umm.. Garbage disposal?

Although "motor food mulcher" does have a nice ring to it, no?

 

[twitchee2]

thanks thats waht it was garbage disposal. sence that is grounded and is touching a stainless steel sink, will that ground the case if they are conected by a wire?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
thanks thats waht it was garbage disposal. sence that is grounded and is touching a stainless steel sink, will that ground the case if they are conected by a wire?

Sure, but most people just screw the PSU into the case and then plug it in (leaving it turned off).