[ltp] Re: static discharge

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On Wed, 2009-02-18, 049, James Knott wrote:
> Christoph Bier wrote:
>> Daniel Castro schrieb:
>>> well i wouldn't say it is normal for laptops to take ESDs, it has =20
>>> never happened to me anyway... and it's the first time i hear it from=
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>>> someone else.
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>> I observed it a few times on my 3 month old ThinkPad and it always =20
>> happens at the finger print reader.
>
> If you're worried about it, just touch a metal part of the case first.

Where?  On my T61 there are several places that often I feel a discharge to=
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that do not look like metal.  Then there is the VGA port which would probab=
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"grounded to the case".  But why would one be better than another anyway? =
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Where is the charge discharged to?  The battery (see my original post)?  No=
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that it has happened when the system is not connected to AC (not that it wo=
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be grounded when connected anyway).

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