Posted by Stan Brown on 02/26/06 15:46

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:32:17 -0600 from curious <curious@no.spam.com>:
> While placing a DVD-ROM disc into my laptop's DVD drive, my finger touched
> the part of the drive that holds onto the disc. That part of the drive has
> some metal, and I felt a static electricity shock. Is it possible for that
> to damage the disc in any way? I'm asking about the disc, not the
> drive/laptop. Thanks.

I haven't seen scientific studies, but I think it's unlikely. Looking
at it another way, it's more likely that the static spark would
damage a chip in your drive.

Someone wrote that you can fry a disk in a microwave. That's true but
not relevant to this query because (a) it's alternating current, not
a static spark and (2) the intensity is a _lot_ greater. Remember the
warnings about even standing _near_ a microwave if you're wearing a
pacemaker?

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
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