Are you like my friend Ronnie? He used to zap any electronic part he picked up. It was either his body or his clothing that was different. I don't think carpet is a problem. I've got carpet here and I've never zapped a thing. Never felt a shock myself either. I never bothered with those anti-static straps, I used to just touch an earthed computer case first, now I don't even bother with that. Modern stuff has diode protection from static.

I get static shocks from my car each time I step out. Lost the rubber thingy underneath the car, still have to get a new one but that can wait. There's anti-static carpet, but that's not as nicely soft and fluffy as the other stuff. The other stuff can get get you static, unless you walk barefooted all day.

Touching a grounded case? Why do so difficult. When you build a system, plug the PSU into an earthed power outlet, leave it off. Connect your anti-static wrist band to the PSU and put the other end around your bare ankle. That way you have normal movement and you're protected.

I see there are TVS diodes that can absorb large amounts of ESD, and they do appear on motherboards. But then mostly behind audio, USB and network ports, so it takes the ESD from anything you plug in from external, not so much for you touching the motherboard with your bare hands and a statically charged body. And your CPU doesn't have them either.

As for my floor, the stuff I put down was click. Didn't help me much. I can blindfolded take a computer apart and rebuild it into a working work of art. I cannot lay laminate.

Depends how much you get it wet, I just use carpet.

It's waterproof it doesn't care.

I don't want carpet in my kitchen or bathroom.

A thread to post your positive and negative thoughts into. Doesn't matter really what on, or whom on. No flames, please. And if you don't mind, no signatures either.

Just a friendly reminder for those who forget, you can uncheck "Add my signature to this reply" on each post. Please do so for this thread. Want to brag how well you're doing in the stats? Do it elsewhere.

I drip when I get out of the shower and food sometimes gets spilled.

If you don't want sigs, don't provide the option. I'm not going to post differently for every thread.

I've asked friendly. Don't be a menace just because you're too lazy to just click on the option not to show the signature a second before you click Post reply. Just because we give the option doesn't mean you have to use it everywhere. Stop doing so in this thread or I will give you a 24 hour time out to reflect upon your options.

I pay for the electricity to provide the computing power, people should respect that or I'll go off and do something else with it.

We should respect you because you volunteer to be here, but you don't have to respect us or follow up on any requests we make. In that case, see you in 24 hours.

Are you like my friend Ronnie? He used to zap any electronic part he picked up. It was either his body or his clothing that was different. I don't think carpet is a problem. I've got carpet here and I've never zapped a thing. Never felt a shock myself either. I never bothered with those anti-static straps, I used to just touch an earthed computer case first, now I don't even bother with that. Modern stuff has diode protection from static.

I get static shocks from my car each time I step out.

Had that static issue at one place a long long time ago. Finally figured it out. The ladies were wearing nylon and polyester. Zap every time. The guys were wearing denim. Answer in the office was somewhat pricey anti-static chair carpet protectors which had a ground wire. Never had another issue. You might check the fabric content of your wardrobe. The other thing you might try is a room humidifier.