by oldwrench » Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:53 am
The wrist straps are cheep and pretty good insurance. I have built quite a few computers and haven't used any. If you are working in a carpeted room, you will have more static buildup. Also plastic chairs are bad for it. Just make sure to touch something that is grounded before you start to work. The third hole, the rounded one, in an electric outlet is a ground, or if you have copper piping in your house, that is a ground.
As for magnetic tools, the only thing that might be affected would be the hard drive and you would need a very strong magnet. I use magnetic tools all the time working on my system. The hard disc is far enough inside a metal container to be pretty safe. Floppy discs would be ruined by a magnet but who uses them aymore? Every fan motor in your computer has magnets in it, and there is lots of EMF inside the case so the hard drive has to be pretty well shielded.
Where did you say I'm going?.... And what am I doing in a handbasket?
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