You don t have to be completely paranoid about static electricity and there s no need to go overboard and buy an antistatic mat.
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Whether you re building your own computer installing new ram or upgrading your pc s components you ll be opening it up and touching sensitive electronics components while doing this you should be careful of static electricity which can harm your computer.
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In order to prevent built up static from transferring from you to a sensitive computer component you ll need to discharge the static into something more durable.
For regular users it s just cool but not all that necessary.
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The wrist strap is not necessary as long as you and the computer are grounded to a common point.
Instead of using a wrist strap connect the chassis to earth ground roll up your sleeves to maintain contact with the chassis exposed metal.
I think anti static mats are great for people who build a lot of pc s.
2 use your computer s case to ground yourself.
Yes you do need esd strap and mat it takes almost 3000 volts of static to feel the shock and it only takes 100 volts of static to fry the electrical components inside the laptop.
In most cases this is a metal item that is either touching the floor or touching a series of items leading to the floor.