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Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 17 Feb 2022 18:35
by Cosmic Puppet
exxos wrote: 17 Feb 2022 18:24:lolbig:
Having to discharge twice now. :lol:
Static V SD Card.
Posted: 19 Feb 2022 20:39
by Cosmic Puppet
Card corrupted again where the first patition suddely became unformatted (so no system)
Had to wipe all the partitions in disk management and am now reformatting it and will have to redo partition/driver etc.
I picked the card up off my table and got a shock through it.
Could such a thing make it fail?
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 19 Feb 2022 20:42
by stephen_usher
Well, it's flash memory, so a shock could wipe a block of cells, and I guess if the address lines are all zero it's wipe the first one.
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 19 Feb 2022 20:47
by Cosmic Puppet
stephen_usher wrote: 19 Feb 2022 20:42
Well, it's flash memory, so a shock could wipe a block of cells, and I guess if the address lines are all zero it's wipe the first one.
Oh, okay. I need some way to discharge static while sat at my desk.
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 19 Feb 2022 21:26
by Cosmic Puppet
Anyone got any ideas on how to ground myself at my desk.
I've just setup my SD card and basically have to get up, walk across the room to the light and discharge my static with my house key on one of the light switch screws before I take my card reader out of the USB hub to stop me zapping it.
Not very practical. A bit Monty Python. If I could zap another person in arms reach I would. :lol:
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 19 Feb 2022 22:43
by Tomswork
Any metal water pipes or grounded outlets those are my goto grnd
Tom
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 20 Feb 2022 00:23
by exxos
Isn't there antistatic spray or carpet shampoo you can try ? Short of changing the carpets to a more natural fibre, or underlaying with tinfoil and grounding it, I'm not sure there is much else you can do.
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 20 Feb 2022 11:41
by Cosmic Puppet
exxos wrote: 20 Feb 2022 00:23
Isn't there antistatic spray or carpet shampoo you can try ? Short of changing the carpets to a more natural fibre, or underlaying with tinfoil and grounding it, I'm not sure there is much else you can do.
I tested not sitting in my chair and everything is fine. I'm going to try to put a piece of different meterial on it and see if that helps.
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 20 Feb 2022 12:27
by rubber_jonnie
Cosmic Puppet wrote: 19 Feb 2022 21:26
Anyone got any ideas on how to ground myself at my desk.
I've just setup my SD card and basically have to get up, walk across the room to the light and discharge my static with my house key on one of the light switch screws before I take my card reader out of the USB hub to stop me zapping it.
Not very practical. A bit Monty Python. If I could zap another person in arms reach I would. :lol:
Change from nylon to cotton underpants :)
Seriously though, it could be some of your clothing, I have a shirt I wear to cycle in and the damn thing is a static nightmare.
Re: The Cosmic Puppet's Universe.
Posted: 20 Feb 2022 14:24
by Cosmic Puppet
rubber_jonnie wrote: 20 Feb 2022 12:27
Change from nylon to cotton underpants :)
Seriously though, it could be some of your clothing, I have a shirt I wear to cycle in and the damn thing is a static nightmare.
I've got a black hoodie that crackles when I take it off. I don't wear that indoors though.
It's early doors but haven't had a shock since I put this small towel over my seat.