On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:13:23 -0000, polygonum wrote:

On 14/01/2014 22:56, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 14/01/2014 19:12, Uncle Peter wrote:
Since half the RAM I buy is not shipped in antistatic bags....

Get a new supplier.

If someone shipped me RAM that wasn't protected I'd send it straight back.

Andy.

Recent (i.e. in last year) RAM from Crucial has not been in obviously
anti-static packaging. Just directly within a clear plastic container.
Of course, that might be "special" in some way - but it hasn't been
obvious to me that it is.

Apparently that stuff is antistatic.

Mind you, I bought some pink bubblewrap which claimed to be antistatic to package a computer (the whole computer). Just like the white bubblewrap, when I remove it, or when I wrap it round it, I build up static and the first time I touch the case I feel a sizeable static shock. If I was to have touched a socket on the back instead of the case, I would imagine something could fry (although I suppose it's most likely that the charge would hit the grounded part of the socket first). If you buy an Apple tower computer (this was a while ago, they may have stopped doing this), they are shipped with protective plastic film over the sides to stop scratches during transit. Pull that off, then touch the computer and you get a static shock.

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