Re: USB drive in a ziploc bag?

ian field wrote:

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> "Bill Bowden" <wrongaddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 14, 3:23 pm, "ian field" <dai....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > What are the chances of a USB drive being damaged by static
>> > electricity if someone put it in a ziploc drive?
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>> The protective cap frequently comes off the USB stick I carry around
>> in my pocket - its been rattling around in there with all sorts of
>> junk for a couple of years now.
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> I put a USB stick on my keyring and then dropped my keys on the
> concrete. The USB stick never worked again.
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> -Bill
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> That must have been unusual bad luck, I recently needed a USB
> connector and sacrificed an old 64M stick to get it - it was
> surprisingly solidly assembled and correspondingly difficult to remove
> the connector intact.

Its usually the oscillator xtal that gets shattered !  Not that you can
see the damage inside the casing.  Getting it off the board is easier
than finding a new xtal !

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                     Baron.