From: David N. Barnett 

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:01:49 -0500, "chad"
 wrote in message
:

| ...but why on earth would they tell | her not to let anything metal touch
the drive?

Because metal conducts electrons.

They want the drive to be grounded only through the power supply and ribbon
IDE connectors.  Grounding the body of the drive to the case could cause
ground loops.

--dnb

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