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After donning or doffing my jacket at work, I try to remember to touch the metal edge of the cube dividers to discharge any static electricity from my skin, but sometimes I forget.
Twice or thrice, it has happened that upon touching my metal keyboard, static electricity has sparked strongly enough to make the monitor go blank for a moment. I worry about my laptop getting damaged. The static electricity must be traveling along the keyboard cord to the laptop dock. I wonder if the keyboard cord has a ground wire that is purposely connected to the keyboard case.
Twice or thrice, it has happened that upon touching my metal keyboard, static electricity has sparked strongly enough to make the monitor go blank for a moment. I worry about my laptop getting damaged. The static electricity must be traveling along the keyboard cord to the laptop dock. I wonder if the keyboard cord has a ground wire that is purposely connected to the keyboard case.