[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot

[Rolf Pedersen]

On 08/24/2012 02:07 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 23/08/12 16:41, Maurice Batey wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:08:59 +0200, Morgan Leijström wrote:
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>>> Metal tools give much stronger discharge than fingers. But a
>>> reason to avoid toucing is to avoid contaminating around pins
>>> with sweat (salt, acid), fat and other dirt.
>>
>> Agreed! But in the context of my reply I was trying to avoid a
>> lengthy description of the usual advice list, which can be found
>> on the 'net, but just to mention one of the main dangers.
>>
> Living in the UK I have a different method.  I have a "power" lead
> that has no power connection.  Our electricity wiring is generally
> 3-wire, live, neutral and earth.  The lead I use when working has only
> an earth wire.  Plug it in to the mains and the case is earthed at all
> times, so I regularly touch the metal case in case of any build-up.
> Since I don't get any feeling of shock, I assume that I never get to a
> dangerous point of static :-)
>
> Anne
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This sounds similar to my method.  Having assured myself that the 3-wire 
lead (in U.S., aka power "cord") is actually connected to a grounded 
(earthed) circuit, I switch off the power supply, which disconnects the 
live wire.  I might push the ATX power button, which will spin the fan a 
few turns when the machine has been powered up recently, indicating to 
me a discharge of some residual potential from capacitor(s), I guess. 
Then, I periodically ground my IT corpus to the computers metal frame, 
especially before handling the component of my attentions. :)
Rolf