Electrical Safety and ESD
When you open the case to perform upgrades or troubleshooting, you must follow proper operational procedures to ensure your safety and minimize the risk of damaging components.
Electrical Safety
- disconnect PC from power supply before opening the case
- Hold the power button for a few seconds after disconnecting the power cord to ensure all the internal components are drained of charge
- do not disassemble non field repairable components
- E.g., power supply
Electrostatic Discharge
- use tools and procedures that minimize risk of damage to electronic components
- CPU, RAM, adapter cards, motherboard, etc. are all susceptible to ESD
- ESD is where a static charge stored on clothes or body is suddenly released into a circuit by touching it
- handle components by edges or plastic parts
- use an anti-ESD wrist strap