Grounding the computer

[Maksim]

Ihave one Q? Do i need to ground my computer.. What i meant is the power plug is it suppossed to be grounded? because mine is not is that ok or do i need to go to the store and buy a surge protector.. ? Please i dont want it to burn out!!!!

[Zylstra]

Your best bet is a surge protector.

make sure that your electrical outlets are working properly (kind of hard to do, but oh well. )

Its always good to have a grounded outlet, especially for electronics.

[Fed]

Its always good to have a grounded outlet, especially for staying alive too.

[Zylstra]

Do you have something against Windows XP, Makesim?

[Maksim]

I had the computers not grounded for about 1 month already and i leave them overnight.. and nothing happend so far.. but i will ground them.. Thanks for all the help guys...
P.S. Someone in this forum complained to me that my avatar was to big, and he gave me a nother link that was smaller avatar.. and thats what happend sorry..guys..

[soybean]

Maksim, you silly boy, I resized your avatar for you and you were using it.  But, I also asked you, via PM, to move it somewhere other than my photobucket account and you never did that.  Then, your avatar somehow got mysteriously flipped upside down.    

I think I found your avatar:



Now, if you want to use it, be a good boy and put it somewhere other than my photobucket account.  Strange things can happen there.  

[soybean]

photobucket is a great site.  I simply asked him not to keep using my account for his avatar.  He could create his own photobucket account or use imageshack or some other web/image server.

Edit: Now, Maksim is using zylstra555's avatar. He's a leech.

zylstra555: http://www.jessez.mbhosting.com/garfield2.gif
Maksim:     http://www.jessez.mbhosting.com/garfield2.gif

[unlovedwarrior]

i was confused cyz they had the same

[Zylstra]

There, I switched it up a bit  

Maksim:
Our avatars cannot be the same. Many people here look at the avatars to remember who posted.
If you want, you can find a different avatar, and I will host it for you on my website.

(BTW: You now have a Garfield DEVIL version of it. Actually, your name is written below it as well. )

[Maksim]

Ok Guys im sorry.. The Q? was Grounding my Computers and you guys are talking about my avatar.. its fine.. i went to google and found an avatar.. sorry for copying someone elses.. thanks..

[GX1_Man]

Ihave one Q? Do i need to ground my computer.. What i meant is the power plug is it suppossed to be grounded? because mine is not is that ok or do i need to go to the store and buy a surge protector.. ? Please i dont want it to burn out!!!!

Yes, all electrical appliances should be grounded always.

[homer]

grounding simply protects against electric shock,

[Rob Pomeroy]

And fires.

[GX1_Man]

Now there is a wealth of information for the digital age.  

[downundersteve]

Ihave one Q? Do i need to ground my computer.. What i meant is the power plug is it suppossed to be grounded? because mine is not is that ok or do i need to go to the store and buy a surge protector.. ? Please i dont want it to burn out!!!!

Yes, all electrical appliances should be grounded always.

correct but not always corrrect.
look for a symbol on PSU's it looks like a small box inside another box, these don't need a ground, that's why some appliances that have this symbol do not have an earth/gound cable.

strange but true!

but ... if you intend on tinkering with the inards it's good to gound them anyway to prevent static discharge