"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "JG" <no-spam@please.com> wrote in message
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>> Le 2007-02-25, philo a supposé :
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>>> Is the mobo an ECS?
>>> If so...some of them are a bit prone to static
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>>> However...also check tobe sure the UPS is grounded properly!
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>> You right on the nail : it is an ECS 741GX-M
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>> Lost cause ?
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> I once had a similar board and never got the problem properly solved.
> It was definately static...as it would only happen in the winter.
> What I did was to ground myself by touching an electrical outlet box just
> prior
> to plugging a USB device into the machine...
> that pretty much did the trick...but of course is not entirely ideal.
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> Having a humidifier running in the house may do a little bit of good too.
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A ground going the wrong way is no doubt something in the machine