> I've read that you should leave the PC plugged in so it will be
> grounded (and wear a grounding strip attached to the case), that's
> not right?

        True, it is better to leave it grounded, however if the chance that you
will mistakingly turn it on is too great than leave it unpluged. There is no
right answer to all this, I have worked on many systems without a grounding
strap, is that smart? Well not really, but I have gotten away with it. The
odds of you carrying a static charge that will fry a CMOS junction is small,
but it is there and preventable, so why not prevent yourself. I often just
keep on touching a ground every once in a while and so far I've been OK.
Please don't go everboard with this though, I have seen some people who
wouldn't even touch the case of a system because of static charge ruining
stuff, others won't open a system themselves because of this. TTYL

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