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Article #381Re: Looking for decent cheap RAM
From: Richard Tobin
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:28
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:28
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In article <trotnd6i80rkda@corp.supernews.com>, SpaceGirl <spacegirl@subhuman.net> wrote: >it has been a long long time since static would actually damage chips... >it's an urban myth That's an exaggeration. Devices are static-protected but can still be damaged. If you are working in an environment where you sometimes notice a static shock (many shops have flooring that encourage this), you could easily be charged to voltages far above what the chips can handle. Of course the damp environment of Scotland is helpful in this respect. -- Richard -- Spam filter: to mail me from a .com/.net site, put my surname in the headers. FreeBSD rules!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5142,84a0ce3fd2f3ae54 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5142,public X-Google-Thread: 109765,84a0ce3fd2f3ae54 X-Google-Attributes: gid109765,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-04 08:31:02 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!easynet-melon!easynet.net!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Newsgroups: uk.comp.misc,ed.general Subject: Re: Looking for decent cheap RAM Date: 4 Oct 2001 15:28:26 GMT Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh Lines: 18 Message-ID: <9phv6q$lrj$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> References: <3901e160.0110040414.bd4565d@posting.google.com> <9phmoe$d3g$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk> <trotnd6i80rkda@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mcpherson.cogsci.ed.ac.uk X-Trace: pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk 1002209306 22387 129.215.110.47 (4 Oct 2001 15:28:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@cogsci.ed.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Oct 2001 15:28:26 GMT X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999)