the first comment was about this: the grounding technique you describe (and which I use all the time) is as noted "for a box that is disconnected from electricity'...you had your box ON, i.e. flowing full of electricity...hence, IMHO, grounding doesn't do a damn thing, as there is live electricity floating around...(OK, I could be totally wrong here)

second was about the back of the Hard Drive (aka HDD), not your MoBo...

in essence, computers are very delicate pieces of machinery, which are very susceptable to damage by errant electricity...

I truly hope there wasn't any super important data on that drive...I know the 'sick to the stomach' feeling when presented with the thought of loosing such type of data (I have a 250GB drive stuffed full of important stuff...at first I thought it was dying, then I became very, very happy when I determined it was a heat related issue (which WILL kill if not dealt with), my solution was to get a new case, shove 4 fans in it, and things seem to be OK now)

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