What steps can you take to avoid damaging internal computer parts with static electricity?
Many of the previous members have included the wrist straps grounding & rubber soled shoes and stay off the carpet and these are all good practices however there are many other factors to take into consideration.First after unplugging PSU it is a good practice to first press and hold the power button for thirty seconds to release the static discharge from your BIOS. Second it is also good idea to remove the CMOS battery. Then ultimately whether or not you would cause internal damage to your computer without taking the initial steps referred above about wrist straps and grounding will depend upon your experience in working inside the tower, what parts you would be handling, for instance if you are simply plugging in a hard drive cable or other simple tasks such as removing CD / DVD player from the peripheral bay you would most likely be okay. But if you are intending on handling your CPU or RAM sticks or any other part of the motherboard you would be more likely to cause static damage w
