Remember ESD
Full name: Electrostatic Discharge
Memory aid: Electric Static jumps and Damages components.
Use appropriate grounding and handling practices during servicing.
Study area: Power & safe servicing · Batch 1
Relevant study for: CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Server+
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ESD — Electrostatic Discharge
Describes a sudden transfer of built-up static charge.
Why learn ESD — Electrostatic Discharge?
Describes a sudden transfer of built-up static charge.
Where it came from
Use appropriate grounding and handling practices during servicing.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Electric Static jumps and Damages components.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand ESD: Electrostatic Discharge.
- Recall this memory aid: Electric Static jumps and Damages components.
- Explain the practical use: Describes a sudden transfer of built-up static charge.
- Explain this distinction: Use appropriate grounding and handling practices during servicing.
- Identify ESD in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Intel ATX power supply design guide (www.intel.com)