catkicker Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 My Motherboard arrived today. I plan to benchtest it first off, I have never benchtested one before, read some articals on the subject. One question that I have is. ESD what precaution do I need to take while testing the MB? do I need to wear wrist strap? if so where do I ground to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonR6 Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 Anytime you are adding, removing components or diddling around with the motherboard in general I would recommend using a wrist strap. Secure the clip to somewhere on the case where you can get to bare metal (that you won't get tangled into) and you should be all set. I have a spreadsheet that I created that may be handy to keep track of your numbers or to help figure out things such as how much voltage with the dividers etc. if you would like to use it, give me a shout. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 Ok so while the board is on the bench being tested it ok to just ground to the case. and as far as stored energy in the board its self? Thank's for the offer on the spreadsheet do you have a link or you can PM me I had thought about a logbook to enter all that info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonR6 Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9898&page=2 The link is in that post. The latest spreadsheet has my testing as well logged into it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 Benchtest went great. Felt good to see the lan party image come on my screen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonR6 Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 hehe.. Well, wait till you spend more time testing settings than enjoying your computer like I do now. I spent all night last night tweaking and using different settings, then logging them on to that spreadsheet so I can sit at work and go through numbers and planning my path of attack for this evening's bench session. Ludicrous I tell you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkicker Posted April 21, 2005 Posted April 21, 2005 well pobobably be tomarrow before I get into the bios and loading OS. Had to redo some water lines so I will probably let the WC'ing system run for 4 or 5 hours before I put power to the rest of the system. Its's good to be a part of the crew here now. Excited to get the system up and running. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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