Shoutout to the old Compaq Presario that taught me a lesson about static
I was fixing a friend's old Compaq Presario from 2003, just swapping out a hard drive. I didn't bother with a wrist strap because I was on carpet, and I thought I was being careful. When I powered it on, the whole motherboard just gave up. A $20 job turned into finding a whole new system for him. I learned that static can kill stuff even when you think you're safe. What's the one time you skipped a safety step and it bit you?