Static Electric

After carefully removing my Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro from my PC case (using my anti-static wrist strap), I took it to my Place Of Purchase to be sent of for repair (I broke the Power pins on the card trying to remove the power cable).
After taking it from me, the store owner took the card out of the anti-static bag and carried the card around the carpeted store in his hand, holding it like a bottle (palm on the top of the card, fingers curled around the gold connectors).
After my initial shock, I enquired why he wasn't being wary of static, and he told me that only applied to older cards, and cards these days are much more resistant.
Well, the card has been returned with new pins, and everything is installed and operational. WHat I want to know is... was he telling the truth? Can I just carry the card around my carpeted house in my hands, or was the surly store keeper just not giving a **bleep**?
Also, is there a small utility I can download to test the card for static damage?
Oh yes, and several of the settings in the Creative Volume Control refuse to save. Particularly the THX Volume Balance Adjustment Calibration, and the Advanced Surround Mixer. I would change the settings, close, immediately open them again, and they have reset to default. Restarting does nothing, as they reset the moment I click the X at the top right of the console. Other settings stick, but not these two. How can I fix this?
Kisses XXOOXX
Jen

The man was being careless and you called him out on it, and instead of admitting that he was being careless he just fed you a line of garbage about how these new and improved electronics are impervious to static damage. Garbage.
The risk is admittedly slight, as it always has been, but it is no more slight now than it ever has been. And although slight, the risk of static damage is very real, and easily nullified by careful handling and simple precautions that he was not following.
Best Regards

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