[lug] OT: static electricity

[Lee Woodworth]

A zap through the signal lead of a mouse can fry a motherboard/ps.
I know through unfortunate experience -- I reached for the mouse,
there was discharge to the mouse and the system died hard. You might
be able to do it through speakers too.

Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 07:56 -0700, Steve Sullivan 
> 
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> I completely agree with Michael here.  Something is wrong with your
> setup.  I have touched my computer case and zapped it hard enough that I
> could really feel it but the computer did not have any problems and kept
> running just fine.  Any static shock should ground through the case into
> the electrical ground wire.