2.5" internal HDD that's internal - - problem handling with static electricity?

Merle,

Just always ground yourself before ever you touch anything in your computer. Also try to stay away from carpet since that builds the static.

Zalster

Just discharge yourself every time you need to handle electronics. Simple as touching the bare metal of the computer case or anything else that is metal. That will bleed any charge off your body you might have picked up from moving around your house. Also, all electronics are conformal coated on the PCB's anyway after they have been wave soldered in manufacturing. The "electrical wires" or PCB traces you were referring to have been covered over by a clear, insulating material to prevent oxidation and moisture exposure. The coating provides some degree of electrical discharge "punch-thru" reduction so that informal handling of the PCB doesn't cause electrical damage. Most IC's these days also have input pin protection on each chip to provide ESD protection. It's pretty hard to cause ESD damage these days, much better compared to the bad, old CMOS days.

Keith

I know right? Wonder how high I can get it before Seti comes back online and I switch back. I keep tinkering with them to see if I can get better throughput. Too bad this is a average over the past several weeks rather than daily, that way you could see what my real daily average is ;) lol.

Zalster

It's all in good fun Merle.

I'm still trying to catch Juan. This project is the only one where I might have a chance, since his dual core GPUs aren't as efficient here as like Seti. Like cutting his hamstring, lol. But he certainly kicks my butt back on Seti. I'm not even close ;)

Zalster