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Not even just the plug. I've had outages from bits flipped simply by the static electricity generated when vacuuming near servers.


5W walkie talkies in a big sports complex with the RF getting into the keyboard controllers and acting like a maniac was punching the keyboard - would eventually hang the servers.

Fix: Replace cheapened-keyboards-with-mylar-film-(not)-screening with older models that had a full metal cage around the keyboard assembly.


You have carpets in your server room??




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