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insulated screwdriver when working a pc?

  • 05-01-2016 06:53PM
    #1
    EternalHope
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    Would you need an insulated screwdriver when working a pc? Or are the magnetic one OK to use?


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  • #2
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    Touch a bit of metal to discharge any static and you'll be ok.


  • #3
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,292 ✭✭✭cml387


    EternalHope wrote: »
    Would you need an insulated screwdriver when working a pc? Or are the magnetic one OK to use?

    No, unless you go poking around imside the psu. It's a sealed box so you don't need to.


  • #4
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    Also, this advice presumes that the PC is plugged out :)


  • #5
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Just be careful with poking the business end of them anywhere near your old mechanical HDDs. Those do not like having weird magnetic fields shoved into them... but the actual magnetic field of your common or garden variety magnetic screwdriver is minuscule at most :) Whereas being able to safely lift out loose screws is a huge benefit when when working inside a PC ;)


  • #6
    EternalHope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭EternalHope


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Just be careful with poking the business end of them anywhere near your old mechanical HDDs. Those do not like having weird magnetic fields shoved into them... but the actual magnetic field of your common or garden variety magnetic screwdriver is minuscule at most :) Whereas being able to safely lift out loose screws is a huge benefit when when working inside a PC ;)
    the business end of them, not sure what that means


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  • #7
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    EternalHope wrote: »
    the business end of them, not sure what that means

    the distal end


  • #8
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    EternalHope wrote: »
    the business end of them, not sure what that means

    The pointy end


  • #9
    imitation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭imitation


    I have never managed to kill a component in 15 years of pc building with static, as long as you touch something grounded before starting and dont work on carpet you should be grand.


  • #10
    EternalHope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭EternalHope


    the one i bought were in dealz.1.49 for four. says for electrical work


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