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    Antistatic wrist strap and grounding of Asus G73JH-A2

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by JehutyZeroshift, Jun 2, 2013.

  1. JehutyZeroshift

    JehutyZeroshift Notebook Evangelist

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    I am about to do a fan cleaning on my friend's laptop (Asus K46J) tomorrow and I don't think I'll be able to find a ground (like the metal rod pegged on the ground, for telephone's grounding) where I can connect my antistatic wrist strap on via an electrical wire.

    When I cleaned the fans on my Asus G73JH-A2, I made use of an antistatic mat (the dark green one) and an antistatic wrist strap connected on the metal rod of my telephone's grounding.

    Now, while I was Googling "antistatic strap", I found this picture:

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    and I wondered if I can do the same on my Asus G73JH-A2, without having to connect the antistatic wrist strap on a metal rod for grounding. Given the photo of the antistatic wrist strap connected on a desktop chassis above, can I do the same on my Asus G73JH-A2 by connecting the antistatic wrist strap on the area of the neon arrows on the photo below, in order to prevent electrostatic discharge?

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    The original photo (high resolution) with the neon green arrows can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/ivwamYI.jpg
     
    JehutyZeroshift, Jun 2, 2013
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  2. SpicySi

    SpicySi Notebook Consultant

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    Personally I clip the strap onto a metal part of the laptop chassis (the VGA port works well for mine). That way you should have the same electrical potential as the laptop, and prevent any zaps.
     
    SpicySi, Jun 2, 2013
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Attach the prongs to the ground part of the AC adapter?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 2, 2013
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