Do I need to ground myself when building a computer.

[dario03]

I've put parts in a bunch of computers without grounding myself to anything but I'm putting a full computer together tommorow and was wondering if I should ground myself and how?

 

[macdude425]

ALWAYS.

Touch the outer, metal rim of the case or get yourself a grounding wrist strap, like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16899888207

 

[Juice Daddy]

wow!!! thats hilarious...

I just work in a static free environment...

I cant believe they actually make those...

although it might be a good invesment for my work...

 

[dario03]

Wow I'm not very good at finding things apparantly. I looked on Newegg for one of those and didn't find one. Could I get that at like circuit city or bestbuy? I checked Radioshack today and they didn't have them. Plus I don't want to wait for shipping.

 

[Crazed_climber]

I got mine at radio shack and they have them at futureshop as well (which is like bestbuy).

 

[dario03]

Gosh darn it. I know that half the people at radioshack don't know what they are talking about. Why o Why did I listen to the lady when she said they didn't have any and looked like she didn't even know what I was talking about. I bet they did have some.

 

[vaderpro]

yep thats why radio shacks no more in canada...

 

[joshd]

surely touching the metal part on the back of ur case only grounds you if ur kettlr plug is plugged in to ur power supply anyway? i always remove this when working inside my pc. you can ground urself by touching a radiator at regular intervals.