Yes, but no. But I can back that up. Pulling the Cpu out of your computer on carpet, wearing socks without a cursory bit of grounding on the case…. that AMD 5600 that worked in his computer, but never again in mine (my brother was not trained in the ritual). In an environment with ESD mats, grounding shoe straps, ESD conductive floor paint? Not so much… The business owner at my last job was not to concerned about ESD controls, because he paid for the ESD floor paint, and thought alot of the ESD control hygiene was not worth it.… Read more »