i remmember years ago i ruind a 128mb EDO those were not cheap but never had anny problems after that episode even with my agp\pci\miggy parts laying around betwen cloths etc. well annyways you can be unlucky but far from common if you ask most poeple. I had 1 episode amongs perhapps 5000 handling hardware\pcb and only 1 insident so too use all that stupid equiptment is beyond me. although i was always carefull with my BPPC cards never leaving static bag or amiga in the first place..