How to prevent ESD damage?
Well, being charge of static electricity doesn’t harm you physically in fact we’re being charge and discharge without knowing it everyday. The issue is, if you’re reading this you probably have a computer and you’re computer must be opened once in a while to clean the dust building up or to upgrade/install a new component like a graphics adapter and memory card. And when you open it up, you’re exposing your computer to possible ESD damage. By knowing how the build-up of static electricity happens and why an ESD occurs, you can begin to take precautions against damage from it. Here are the steps to prevent ESD damage: – Always wear an antistatic wrist strap whenever you are working inside a PC. You wear one end of the strap around your wrist and the other end attached to a good grounding point like the metal chassis of the PC (near the power supply, away from the motherboard). Wearing an antistatic wrist strap will safely discharges any static charge you have accumulated, while preventi