What are the chances of a USB drive being damaged by static electricity if someone put it in a ziploc drive?
USB drive in a ziploc bag?
Jun 13, 2008
5 Replies
Zero. These things are designed to be handled.
John
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.
I put a USB stick on my keyring and then dropped my keys on the concrete. The USB stick never worked again.
-Bill
I put a USB stick on my keyring and then dropped my keys on the concrete. The USB stick never worked again.
-Bill
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 !
Best Regards:
Baron.
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