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My microphone just got fried due to static while casually browsing the web, and now that I think of it, I am in a high-static environment - I wear wool shirts sitting in my cotton/polyester computer chair in front of my plastic desk in my bone-dry room. Every time I move to get anything at all, when I sit back down I zap my mouse or keyboard and it turns off for a second and then gets recognized again. Sometimes the static will even mess with my display and audio. Anyone know how I could reduce static? I don't want to increase humidity because that's bad for electronics, and I don't want to be chained to my computer with an anti-static wrist strap. Would a metal wrist-rest grounded to my wall outlet (Bottom-Third pin, I'm not stupid) help? Any ideas? Thanks!

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My microphone just got fried due to static while casually browsing the web, and now that I think of it, I am in a high-static environment - I wear wool shirts sitting in my cotton/polyester computer chair in front of my plastic desk in my bone-dry room. Every time I move to get anything at all, when I sit back down I zap my mouse or keyboard and it turns off for a second and then gets recognized again. Sometimes the static will even mess with my display and audio. Anyone know how I could reduce static? I don't want to increase humidity because that's bad for electronics, and I don't want to be chained to my computer with an anti-static wrist strap. Would a metal wrist-rest grounded to my wall outlet (Bottom-Third pin, I'm not stupid) help? Any ideas? Thanks!

what about just touching some metal peice when you enter ? or any metal part on your pc case ?

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what about just touching some metal peice when you enter ? or any metal part on your pc case ?

Case is an HP one, no exposed metal unless I took some sandpaper to it, but i'm not gonna do that.

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Maybe touch a metal heater pluged in the wall. Don't evr touch your computer while static!! You can damage it. I touched mine and all the screens shut off. It was okay though.

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My microphone just got fried due to static while casually browsing the web, and now that I think of it, I am in a high-static environment - I wear wool shirts sitting in my cotton/polyester computer chair in front of my plastic desk in my bone-dry room. Every time I move to get anything at all, when I sit back down I zap my mouse or keyboard and it turns off for a second and then gets recognized again. Sometimes the static will even mess with my display and audio. Anyone know how I could reduce static? I don't want to increase humidity because that's bad for electronics, and I don't want to be chained to my computer with an anti-static wrist strap. Would a metal wrist-rest grounded to my wall outlet (Bottom-Third pin, I'm not stupid) help? Any ideas? Thanks! 

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