Shock

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    Question PC black screens and restarts after a while, CPU RED light on mobo, and shocks when turned off ?

    So it all started when i came back after a few days of vacation. I forgot to unplug cable and turn PSU off. It was just turned off in windows with power on and cable plugged. PC now black screens and restarts sometimes after 1 hour of gaming sometimes even earlier. There's also few times it just...
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    Question Why do I sometimes get shocked when I touch my PC case?

    I'm a newbie when it comes to pc parts and electricityt stuffs, and would like to ask (1) why do I sometimes get shocked when I touch my PC case, and sometimes not? I noticed that I often GET SHOCKED when I touch my PC case and/or other metal parts when IT IS NOT ON, BUT PLUGGED IN, and I DON'T...
  3. alif.ashf

    [SOLVED] Mild shock from case and PSU of my first build. What could be the reason?

    After my first build, My PC case gives me a mild shock when I touch. I tried using a UPS, plugging the PC to a different wall socket and, taking the PSU out of the case, but nothing seemed to resolve the issue. I have noticed that touching the MoBo also gives me the shock. So what could be the...
  4. madhatterui

    [SOLVED] Constant Electric Shock Disabling Audio

    my peripherals are: keyboard - Corsair K70 RGB mk2 headset - HyperX Cloud Revolver mouse - Corsair Scimitar This has been happening for a while now and I can't figure it out. Whenever I walk away from the computer and comeback I'm either static/electrically shocked when I touch any peripherial...
  5. RandallCarey

    [SOLVED] Why do I keep getting static shocks when I touch my keyboard?

    I recently upgraded my CPU to a Ryzen 3700X, and I bought new memory (G.Skill 3600 2x8GB) to go along with it. Everything works fine, as best I can tell. However, I now often touch my keyboard for the first time after leaving it for several minutes (or hours) and get a light electrostatic shock...
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    [SOLVED] Speakers aux cord shocked me

    I'll try to be as detailed as possible on this but I don't know a single thing about electricity so I apologize if I miss on any information. I've got a PC which only has one aux port, which means that whenever I want to use my headset, I have to disconnect my speakers from the PC, but now I've...
  7. FaelanTM

    [SOLVED] Got shocked after unplugging the power cable Seasonic Core GM 500 W Gold 80+

    View: https://imgur.com/S1BIxvD View: https://imgur.com/S1BIxvD Hello guys... So i got shocked by the power cable of the PSU while unplugging it from the cord or whatevet its called...Did i damaged anything ?? Got shocked by that part on the picture... So was it a shock or static...
  8. githi_g

    [SOLVED] Dumbell hit table hard, now PC is artifacting and then shutting down. What could be wrong?

    I recently started working out from home due to this covid mess and accidentally laid down my weights on the desk a bit hard. Almost immediately my screen lit up with checkerboard pattern artifacts and since then after some time using my PC whenever I knock my elbow on the table even lightly...
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    Question Laptop 80% freezes on boot, if boots works fine

    The computer in question is a Dell Latitude, used by my wife and kids. Windows 10 installed before we purchased it. Worked as expected , but then it experienced rough handling and drops. Freezes some time after passing BIOS screen . Only black on screen, no error messages. No change of...
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    [SOLVED] PC Grounding Issues?

    Built a PC a few months back. Specs are: Meshify C Case Noctua D15 Cooler Nvidia 2070 Ryzen 3900x Asus Gigabyte Aorus Wifi 570 Corsair hx 850 Up till today, I would get shocked whenever I touched the wifi ports on the back panel of the motherboard. I have another adapter in the motherboard...
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    Question Cause of motherboard damage?

    I built a new PC earlier this month and it was working great, however, a few days ago I tried plugging earbuds into the headphone jack (which I've done before no problem) and felt a shock. A notification said something about "a USB device wasn't recognized properly" and I saw a small orange glow...
  12. aspiring_chef

    Question PC shocks, please suggest me a grounding solution.

    Hello error, i just joined the forum to ask this question. Hopefully I'm following the forum's rules properly. So I used to have a cheap HEC PSU that ran well for 5 years, but I always had the issue of getting shocked through any scratched/unpainted part of the case or through touching any USB...
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    [SOLVED] Shocked my power button and now it wont boot.

    lets start things off with my set up. THERMALTAKE CHASER MK-1 FULL TOWER (Case) 1000W HXI 80+P FM ATX (PSU) ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel (Motherboard) Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz (Processor) XFX Double Dissipation R9 390...
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    Temps and clock speeds after oc

    I OCed my FX-4300 got it to 4.2 GHz and 1.5 v due to it restarting I stress tested it for an hour in Prime95 and the highest temperature I got was 47 degrees, but I disabled Cool n Quiet via bios and my clocks as well as my voltages are fluctuating .
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    Please help me with my new gaming build... Am i making the right choices ? (Also advice me on some choices)

    The part list are as follows... Cpu - Intel i7 7700 K Mobo - Asus IX Maximus - Hero Cpu Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 / Nzxt Kracken x62 Ram - G.Skill Ripjaws V Series (8GB x 2) DDR4 SSD - Samsung 960 evo M.2 250 GB HDD - WD 2TB GPU - Aorus GTX 1080Ti / Msi GTX 1080TI Seahawk X Case - Cooler...
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    Transferring Large Files from Windows 98 Desktop to Modern Computer

    I'm trying to move a large number of emails from the 90s/early 2000s from a Packard Bell running Windows 98 to a modern computer. The AOL Personal Filing Cabinets I need are far too massive for any floppy disk or email (not that the old computer can connect these days), and of course this is pre...
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    BackPlate for NZXT Kraken X61

    Do I need the backplate for mounting the NZXT Kraken X61 with the LGA 2011-3 platform? the "manual" and all its helpful knowledge doesn't say anything about LGA 2011.
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