How to avoid being "shocked" when opening/assembling/cleaning/holding/touching a PC case and its components?

KaiserPhantasma · Aug 5, 2014

pretty much this says it all as im sick of tired of this and what I usually do to avoid this is to turn off everything (unplug the plug from the socked power of the PSU and of course power down the PC)

terry4536 · Aug 5, 2014

That is the idea. You can look for problems with it on. You can even use your finger on the hub of fans (to identify a noisy fan). But all other maintenance is done with the system unplugged.

NBSN · Aug 5, 2014

I have never been shocked when working on my computer...and that is partly probably because I do it with little to no clothes on (lol). Anyway, of course having wood flooring, not wearing clothes that contribute to static also helps a lot. Other things such as the actual air makeup in your home can add to it too, and lets not forget some people just naturally generate more of a static charge.

I know it sucks, but completely turning off the system is pretty important and doing otherwise can cause you and your components damage.

modernwar99 · Aug 5, 2014

Being shocked by the case is you. It is a good thing though because it means the case is grounded properly... and that you build up a lot of static electricity

wildfire707 · Aug 5, 2014

You can get a grounding wire and an acrylic floor mat. Attach one end to a power strip's metal chassis and the other to the floor mat. If the power strip is plugged in, then as long as you are standing on the mat, you will be grounded and static free.

KaiserPhantasma · Aug 5, 2014

terry4536 :

but i try to open the case from time to time to benchmark temps

NBSN :

pretty much its static shock, I even read science articles about "static electricity" but all it shows me are hands rubbing on jeans

modernwar99 :

so how do I go about dispersing that?
it usually happens when I try to unscrew a hand screw on the windowed side panel

wildfire707 :

can't do the acrylic floor mat thing as it isn't available (or can't find it) on our place

terry4536 · Aug 5, 2014

The single best answer for static shock is a humidifier. Grounding yourself is exactly what you are accomplishing with the arc from your finger tip. The humidifier prevents the accumulation of a charge in the first place. Otherwise you can just ground yourself often, before the charge accumulates to a level that you feel it.

As far as bench marking the temps, I purchased four additional thermocouples that attach to my Asus ROG Maximus V Formula motherboard. Perhaps you can do something similar.

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