You probably won't burn something out, but I like to wear the wrist strap to make sure. I put a system together for a friend that dropped like 2.5k on the thing for a gaming setup. I didn't want to take the chance, so I just got the $3 wrist strap. On 2/14/2012 10:13 PM, Glenn wrote: > I've had had my hands on hundreds of motherboards, with no problems. > I think some folks naturally carry more or less static electricity than > others. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak"<greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."<speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:40 PM > Subject: Re: Building PC without any sight (wasRE: still more on bug) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 09:46:00PM -0600, Glenn wrote: >> I've never used the wrist strap, as I always have my arms on the chassis >> for >> stability. > I suppose that's fine, as long as you make sure the part of the > chassis your skin is in contact with isn't painted. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk87N04ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyCK9wCgtr6hUFOQFr25gztzCsQ4v1m1 > XLgAoJB3gqhM9lvnfnEhcqNiwX0cDLgN > =BOB6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Take care, Ty Web: http://tds-solutions.net The Aspen project: a light-weight barebones mud engine http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud Sent from my toaster.