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Why does nobody warn you about static discharge on server racks?
I was installing a new drive in a Dell PowerEdge last week and touched the chassis frame, got a shock that locked up the whole system. Turns out the floor mat wasn't grounded properly, and I fried the backplane. Has anyone else had a build fail because of a basic grounding issue?
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the_anthony21d ago
Learn from my screw up: ground everything, even if you think it's fine. Double check that floor mat connection with a multimeter before you touch anything expensive. Saved me from repeating the same mistake on a second chassis last month, have you ever tested your grounding setup before a build?
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elliotm7021d ago
Read an EEVblog post about this @the_anthony, grounded everything first time after that.
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Holy crap, you didn't test the floor mat before touching the chassis? That's the kind of thing that gives me nightmares. A whole backplane fried because of a lazy connection, that's brutal. Makes me double check every little thing now.
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