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Or use a plastic nozzle and don't let it get that close to the dust you are collecting. No need to go digging in with the thing, just suck up the dust bunnies. And most chips, when socketed, are protected against static by the surrounding circuitry. They ARE vulnerable when not in a circuit, so the grounding straps are used to keep them from seeing static as they are socketed. When I vacuum, what is left behind is a lot of surface dust that is sticking to the components. One can either blast it off with compressed air, or a combination of that plus a vacuum system to pull it in once dislodged. Air moving by itself won't generate sufficient static to worry about.