Anti static packaging?
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Anti-static bags simply prevent the build up of static on the components when they're lying around. They're not "static proof" (as some peopke seem to think) and you'd be well advised to treat bagged components as carefully as unbagged ones.
More important IMO would be to package the memory up securely in some foam rubber and a sturdy cardboard box.
More important IMO would be to package the memory up securely in some foam rubber and a sturdy cardboard box.
agent006 said:
The power cord must be plugged in though.
but switched off, obviously.
Unfortunately this is not usually possible. It is very rare for an ATX power supply to have a proper double-pole switch in the mains input. Usually they just have the crappy command-off button on the front of the PC which leaves significant parts of the motherboard live.
If you connect yourself to the case of the PC with the power cord removed then you will be at the same potential as the thing you're putting the DIMMs into, which is really what you're wanting to achieve anyway, and you should be OK.
Do put the things in antistatic bags before you put them in whatever shock-absorbing padding you're going to use. Bubble wrap, packing chips and the like are often pretty good at building up static.
Ribol.
I could probably send you some( may be able to find some at work) If you can wait(back at work on Friday)
Imprtant thing to remember about these bags is the way they work.
They work on a faraday cage principle so the charge goes around the outside leaving the device inside protected.
It is very important therefore that you do not wrap or place the device on top of the bag. Only inside with top of bag folded over.
in my experience it is very very rare however for any device to be damaged through static once it has been soldered onto the circuit board . But it is possible.
pesty said:
in my experience it is very very rare however for any device to be damaged through static once it has been soldered onto the circuit board . But it is possible.
How I wish it was rare!
A place where I used to work, we had very stringent static-handling procedures. Your anti-static strap had to be checked each and every time you entered the lab and the anti-static work areas were checked regularly.
Components could only be moved in static-shielded boxes by properly trained personnel.
Even so, boards costing £000's would regularly arrive DOA through static damage.
Was a mystery.
Until one day I was having a pint with a mate who worked in the project managemet side of the company. He said he kept getting expensive "computer thingies" pass his way on their way through to us techies and was wondering why we needed so many of them.
Turns out they'd arrive at goods inwards and then go via the PM department to check that what they'd ordered had actually arrived.
Turns out nobody had thought to educate the PM dept about static handling, so they were just opening up the boxes and having a good poke around with the kit on their desks.
Explained why the kit usually turned up dead 
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