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[Randallw]

bugger. When I clear the dust out of my computer I sit it down on the carpet and take the side off before blowing air into it. I did the same thing when I insalled the DVD burner. Mind you the carpet is not very thick.

[geoschmo]

Static electricity frying pc boards is definetly not a myth. But it's one of those things that's inconsistant enough that you could go your whole life and never fry a board if you were a little lucky. Because of this many people that tinker around and build computers as a hobby think it's a myth because it's never happened to them.

Almost nobody that does it for a living things it's a myth though, because the more of them you do the better your chances of having it happen to you.