[lug] OT: static electricity

[Jason Strnad]

Keep in mind that if you have been shocking your hardware repeatedly 
over time, it is quite possible you have damaged it permanently.  
Hardware which has been damaged by static electricity will not always 
let all the smoke out.

-jason
On Mar 4, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Steve Sullivan <Steve Sullivan wrote:

> A bit off topic, but ...
> At home my workstation is in a carpeted room and the static
> electricity is continually causing freezes and reboots.
>
> I've put a grounded wire on my desk to touch before sitting
> down, but even with that I get freezes.
>
> Do you know of any carpet treatments that work?
> Or other ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steve
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