Very good summary indeed. > Static's usually not a problem for the assembled computer. Though > there's cases of people walking up to a running computer and zapping it > to death, and mouse cables charging up as they're dragged about the > desk, they're a bit of a rarity. The case is usually anchored to earth and that protects the PC from the worst of it. I have once seen a spark flash between someone and a PC and reboot a box, but it survived.
