In a week, the final component I need will arrive and I'll be ready to assemble a computer for the first time in most of a decade. Two questions have come to mind that I'd like to figure out in advance rather than on the day of.
1. What's the proper way to test components while assembling? I can plug everything together and hope it fires up, but that leaves a lot of troubleshooting to do if something isn't working correctly.
2. How important are antistatic pads and wrist straps? I was planning on assembling the machine on a wooden table above a tile floor. Potential for disaster, or safe enough to do?
1. What's the proper way to test components while assembling? I can plug everything together and hope it fires up, but that leaves a lot of troubleshooting to do if something isn't working correctly.
2. How important are antistatic pads and wrist straps? I was planning on assembling the machine on a wooden table above a tile floor. Potential for disaster, or safe enough to do?