Re: Can static electricity kill your mouse?

On 2/14/2025 6:20 AM, Mike S. wrote:

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:21:35 -0700, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
 

This was happening all the time with a new Razor Deathadder Pro latest
model, the one that gets the best reviews.  Everytime I touched it
would zap and and turn my Alienware monitor off.  Corsair mousepad.

Razor went down the crapper years ago.  I won't touch them any more. First mouse from then was great, but the second I couldn't get an account set up so I could download and get the software to program it which meant it was little better than a standard $5 mouse, and it died after 6 months.
The 502 hero I have now is fine, but I find the extra buttons a bit hard to use and software leaves a bit to be desired.  A bit difficult to set up.

The owner of my local Radio Shack (yes, very lucky to have one here)
suggested a mouspad that plugs into an outlet.  I think it is from
China.  I bought it from Amazon.  Let me know if you need the model.
Heck, let me look it up.  Hang on :-)
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Any way, it works great!  The shocks haven't totally gone away but it
is not affecting my monitor.
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Oh, I switched back to a corsair mouse before using the grounded
mousepad and the shocking went away. Only happens with the Deathadder
Pro.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0935Y9C8J?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5&th=1
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I have it under my hard Corsair mouse pad by the way.
Description just says Grounding Mouse pad
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-pw

 Thank you PW. I bookmarked your link. For now, I am going to stop
worrying about it. I was thinking of adding a humidifier to my room.
It *might* help my electronics but it will definitely help me. The air
is very dry in here which is what is causing the electrical shocks I
think.

Ideal humidity for electronics is at 50% (which I find feels a bit damp to me from the few clean-rooms I've been in, and I also find that 50% feels odd.)
I've never thought of the
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