ESD when working in case?

[grandpatzer]

So I recently was touching stuff inside my case, no PSU installed, just motherboard and cpu installed.

I forgot to use a ESD arm wrist couple of times, now I wonder if the motherboard/cpu can have gotten ESD damage?

 

[sheroo]

Its fine not to wear a zap strap as long as you regularly touch your case to discharge any static. When I install stuff I normally have my wrists in direct contact with the case, and before I pick up any hardware I touch the case. As long as the static electricity is not discharged through the component you should be OK.

 

[yassarikhan786]

+1 on the above. I did the same when building my rig.

 

[grandpatzer]

Its fine not to wear a zap strap as long as you regularly touch your case to discharge any static. When I install stuff I normally have my wrists in direct contact with the case, and before I pick up any hardware I touch the case. As long as the static electricity is not discharged through the component you should be OK.

+1 on the above. I did the same when building my rig.

So is the case big enough to discharge, as I said only motherboard and case so no PSU or grounding, So can I work inside a case that just has motherboard inside it and not worry about ESD?

 

[yassarikhan786]

You just have to touch something metal to discharge. As we said above just touch the case before handling other components and you will be fine.