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Static Electricity Damage? ??? ???Wrong Planet Autism Forum Index -> Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Madbones Snowy Owl Joined: Mar 08, 2010 Posts: 172 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:56 am?? ?Post subject: Static Electricity Damage? My I lent my freind a GPU to try out, and his mom took it round to me..... In its antistatic bag, in a Tescos bag.. I know, not a problem. But the antistatic bag has holes in it. Do you think the GPU is ok? Would it short out my PC if I use it again? Its an old one so I dont really mind. But I would not want to loose a 8600GT 1GB that I could put in my old system. Back to top ? '); //--> Cornflake Bites when provoked Joined: Oct 31, 2010 Posts: 5005 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:52 am?? ?Post subject: Holes in the antistatic bag shouldn't cause a problem and the GPU is unlikely to be damaged because of of that. If it has failed for some reason I doubt it would have failed so badly as to short anything out, and in any case PSUs generally have short circuit protection: it would either fail to start up at all or shut down immediately after doing so. _________________ Giraffe: a ruminant with a view. Back to top ? '); //--> Madbones Snowy Owl Joined: Mar 08, 2010 Posts: 172 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:28 am?? ?Post subject: Cornflake wrote: Holes in the antistatic bag shouldn't cause a problem and the GPU is unlikely to be damaged because of of that. If it has failed for some reason I doubt it would have failed so badly as to short anything out, and in any case PSUs generally have short circuit protection: it would either fail to start up at all or shut down immediately after doing so. So I should be safe to use it? Back to top ? '); //--> Cornflake Bites when provoked Joined: Oct 31, 2010 Posts: 5005 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:48 am?? ?Post subject: Yes. _________________ Giraffe: a ruminant with a view. Back to top ? '); //--> Madbones Snowy Owl Joined: Mar 08, 2010 Posts: 172 Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:25 am?? ?Post subject: Cornflake wrote: Yes. Ok, thanks. One thing though, I did used to have a Nvidia 8500 GT 512Mb in it but it kept blue screening and shutting off. But then I took it out and put bakc in the 7500 LE 256mb. Im wondering if the 8500 GPU was bust. I wonder if the 8600 GT 1gB will work in it. The PSU is 300 Watts. PC Specs: 3 GB ram Nvidia Geforce 7500 LE 256Mb 160GB HDD DVD LightScribe drive. Celeron D x2 2.8 The only thing that lets this awesome machine down is the GPU really. Back to top ? '); //--> markitzero Deinonychus Joined: Sep 19, 2010 Age: 24 Posts: 323 Location: Phelan, CA Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:40 pm?? ?Post subject: ya Static is dangerous to the computers I recently Fried a Motherboard from static because my front USB ports were Damaged _________________ PSN : commandcom My Blog: http://www.markitzerosblog.tk/ http://panganesha.deviantart.com Back to top ? '); //--> ??? ???Wrong Planet Autism Forum Index -> Computers, Math, Science, and Technology ?

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