I recently purchased a cisco 48 port poe switch and a 4 port 10gb fiber network card for it, separate ebay purchases, and neither had anti static bags. They were both wrapped in bubble wrap but the switch came within Styrofoam packing peanuts. The styrofoam packing peanuts always have a great deal of static buildup.

What are your thoughts on this? Am I just being paranoid about potential static discharge with items being wrapped in bubble wrap only and no anti static bag?

I look forward to everyone else’s thoughts. Hoping I’m just being paranoid and that it’s perfectly fine.

Note: the items booted up fine.

Thanks

  • MacDaddyBighorn@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Almost everything I have purchased is in anti static material (pink bubble wrap, pink bags, or grey bags). Anything I send out also is. I have gotten one card loose in a box, no wrap at all, and it worked fine. It’s more of a rare occurrence, but it’s certainly not a guarantee it’ll get damaged. Just test them out and make sure everything works and don’t worry about it further. Anything in a case (switch, server, etc) isn’t an issue, it’s just boards with exposed PCBs.