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Originally Posted by IceHand
Me neither – but by the way, how do you notice an ESD?
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It isn't easy, that's why I brought it up. It can be as obvious as your computer rebooting in extreme cases, to data corruption in mild cases, to nothing. I was made aware of it via my computer and the built-in cardreader. Inserting CF cards in particular can cause the reader to essentially disappear from the computer. Need to reboot and have the computer find the hardware again. Problem is solved by simply touching the side of the computer case before inserting the card.
Today, when connecting the Cybook to my computer for the first time, it had a fairly big ESD and caused the computer to reboot. Got me to wondering if the Cybook, which uses charge to make the e-ink work, might easily build up a charge.
Anyway, no claims that this is the source of problems, but it is good practice to ground things before connecting.
Dana