Static/Grounding yourself when installing ram at home help ??? !!!

Hi folks

ive got a new 2gig stick of ram here, and im itching to put it in my 1720 and replace a 1 gig stick with this to make 3gig total

but im not sure if i absoloutly need to ground myself, or how to go about doing that ?

im at home, have not got a wrist strap thing or anything, is it a must and can i take any other steps ? or what measures should i take to avoid damage to the ram/my laptop/myself or is it just fine to put it in ?

would appriciate some quick answeres as im itching to get it in my machine , just ran a few tests,and i want to put it in and run the tests again to see how it does

thanks !!

 

What is the weather like? If it is damp and humid then the risk of static electricity damage is very small.

All I do is to touch some grounded metal immediately before I handle the RAM, and also try to not touch the contacts on the RAM (finger-prints might cause corrosion in the long term).

John

 

thanks john

its very damp and rainy drizzley

is it ok to have the laptop on a wooden desk on carpet floor and me stoodon the carpet, or best to take downstairs and put on the table on a tiled floor and stand on that ? just to be safe ?

ive never installed any ram ina laptop before so just want to be safe to ensure all goes well


thanks !!

 

touch all the metal you can before you go about installing the ram

do your best to touch the ram at the minimum, hold it at the edges.

dont wear socks

wear rubber slippers or put your feet onto some plastic while you install.

DONOT rub your hands together at any time.

good luck

 

The tiled floor would be safer, but I think your current weather means that the risk of static build-up on the carpet is zero.

I did one work in a place where I had to wet my hair before combing it otherwise it all stood up. That was real static.

John

PS: BTW, kindly read the rules regarding signature length. I think you need to do some editing.

 

Changing some RAM is not like playing inside a PC for 3 hours. Risks of static damage are minimum. (I swapped mine monday evening) Touching something metal right before you work and holding the ram sticks by the edges should be more than enough for this work.

But if you want to play it 110% safe just follow Largo's guide on static electricity and strip naked.

 

thanks for the help fellas !

followed the advice and its now in with no problems !!

my windows vista score thing remained the same, as did my 3d mark score tho, is that the case ?

a friend recently upgraded his ram and his windows score actualy decreased for some reason, so i goess thats a good thing !

im just gonna play some games and see how she does !

 

the windows xperience thing really isnt a good gauge