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The failure of which hardware component would be most serious?
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∙ 12y ago
It is an upset failure! ESD causes 2 types of failure: catastrophic and upset.
No doubt its the SMPS(the power source which convers AC to DC). If that blows up it can burn your motherboard in the process killing all the components that's connected to the motherboard which is everything.
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