|
Anti-static bags do plenty to protect components from dust...when you use them.
I highly doubt any distribution warehouse would remove OEM parts from their static bags after arriving at the warehouse. The parts are placed in anti-static bags (for shipping purposes regardless of who they go to) when they leave the manufacturer and they stay in those bags (hopefully) until they reach the consumer.
It simply doesn't make sense to package a component, ship it to a warehouse or distribution center and then take it out of the bag and store it "in the open" only to put it in another bag to ship it again.
The rate of failure for components would most likely be very high, with all that shuffling about between bags and with warehouse employees handling components without proper ESD protection.
Your explanation simply isn't plausible. Then again, the dust itself wasn't the point of SKYHN's post, it was the fact that those parts he received were covered in it. That tells me he most likely was sent a pre-used/refurbished part that wasn't properly stored in an anti-static bag.
-----------------------------
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200LL
Gainward Golden Sample GeForce III Ti200
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
|