[G4] Seagate hard drive Installation

[John Niven]

When you touch the metal chassis, you equalize the
stored charge. So there is no potential difference
between you and the case, so no discharge can occur.

It does not matter if it's plugged in or not from this
point of view. I would recommend that you unplug the
machine before doing anything inside.

Touch the Chassis. Use ESD bags to store PCI cards,
CPU's or RAM. If you don't have them use Aluminum foil
(baking foil).

John

--- Wayne Clodfelter <wayne at troutnc.com> wrote:

> O'Brien wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:43:21 -0400, Wayne
> Clodfelter wrote:
> >> I have read somewhere that if the computer is not
> plugged in, 
> >> grounding yourself by touching the power supply
> case inside the 
> >> computer will not work.
> > 
> > Well...that would be true. If the computer isn't
> plugged-in it isn't connected to ground through the
> house wiring. "Grounded" means connected to the
> ground.
> > 
> > 
> > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> > 
> > O'Brien
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> > 
> yes, well, that is where the harm would come from
> NOT having the 
> computer plugged in. One might think he had grounded
> himself, when in 
> fact he had not.
> 
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> 
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