>During fifteen-plus years as a field service engineer (IBM mainframes,
>midrange, on down to PCs) I and every other FE used a LOT of this stuff.
>Generally only used about 2-3 tablespoons of Downy liquid to a quart spray
>bottle of water, though, it really doesn't take much.
>
>Dale

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>On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Matt Pobursky wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:39:26 -0700, Lyle Hazelwood wrote: ...snip...
>> >Many fixes were tried. Sattellite boards were built to absorb spikes
>> >at the main edge connector on the motherboard. They were useless.
>> >The "real fix" came by mixing a 50/50 solution of Downy fabric
>> >softener and water. Spray the carpets once a month. No more static,
>> >problem solved at the source.
>>
>> Great tip! I'm going to have to try that this fall/winter here as
>> static gets to be a big problem, even with a humidifier running full
>> time. It sure makes sense though, and should even make my house smell
>> nice... ;-)

I guess that is really what you have to do where there is a static
generating carpet present.

The other trick I have heard of is to have a pot plant put in the computer
room to act as a humidifier when the humidity was getting real low and
allowing static to cause corruption. But the example I heard of did not seem
to have carpet or some other floor covering as a specific generator of
static.

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