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by john_moscow 1717 days ago
Not here. "Difficult to take apart" are the finicky plastic latches all around the seam between the 2 halves of the case. The ones that you can sort of open by sliding the credit card around the seam for half an hour. Or give up, pry them with a screwdriver, and scratch the whole thing in numerous places. I would give Valve credit here for the sole act of not putting them.

That said, I would call BS on SSD vs Wi-Fi interference and semi-BS on the ESD gloves and anchoring. Unless you are handling 100 devices per day while wearing your comfy sweater and sitting on a carpet, just make sure you touch any grounded object beforehand, and you will be fine in most of the cases.

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RE: BS You said it yourself: "... most of the cases ...". For example, my apartment does not have a carpet and I wear cotton clothing most of the time. So my enviroment is less likely to produce static electricity. But what about others? Its all in the numbers: 1.000.000 units sold (just for stats sake) - 10.000 open it up, 100 have static issues due floor, clothing, etc - some units will fry and die. Totally avoidable, hence the remark in the video.