Electrostatic discharge can be a shocking experience. What happens is that the electrical potential between you and whatever you touch is great enough that a spark jumps out. The spark is the electrostatic discharge. It can damage delicate electronic components.
That’s a bad thing. To help prevent electrostatic discharge, you must ground yourself.
In addition to having strong moral beliefs and a hardy stalk of ethics, you need to neutralize the electrical potential between yourself, the computer case, and any components you’re working with. To easily accomplish this task, always keep one hand touching the computer’s
metal casing while you’re working. By touching both the casing and whatever doodad you’re installing or removing, you reduce the
chance of an electrical-component-killing electrostatic discharge.
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