Apokalipse
Golden Master
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- Melbourne, Australia
Nope.In my computer-systems 1 class, the book we're using continuously suggests to use a ground bracelet. Obviously it's a smart choice. But who here actually wears one when they mess around with their computer?
Same here.I just hold the chassis to ground myself before touching anything. I've never had any problems with ESD with or without a bracelet.
I have a TNT2 aswell. It's a very resiliant little card.yeah, computer stuff is generally much more rugged than one would think. I had my TNT2 stored away in a drawer and it rattled around in there all the time, I dropped it several times too and it has plenty of little knicks here and there from getting hit with screw drivers and such. After about 8 years, it still works like a charm.
I remember putting a big northbridge cooler on one, and adding a 120mm fan over it, with a duct I made using the top of a CD spindle and some masking tape.
I overclocked the bejeeses out of the thing, and ended up increasing its 3dmark01 score from 900 or so to over 1600