[Al Skierkiewicz]

Marshal,
The ESD issue didn't need the case to be open. During the 2009 game, the regolith especially in ice arenas produced some rather extensive static lightning strikes for robots and field. Some of these events punched through the case or traveled along the wiring and took out some components. The early Jags also had an issue with the FET gate drivers that would self destruct and usually caused a single direction failure.