[SOLVED] Can i ruin gpu by touching it ?

Mario Italia

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Jul 12, 2020
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It's pretty hot where I live, so I opened the side of the case for better ventilation.
I accidentally touched my gpu's PCB while running.
My hands weren't dry but they weren't wet either, I wiped them after washing them with water and slight water Remenats left on my hand.
 
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if you did any damage it would already be obvious. you would have gotten a bit of a flash bang and a nice smoke show!

sounds like you're ok if none of that happened. but do be careful in the future :)

poorbugger

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It's pretty hot where I live, so I opened the side of the case for better ventilation.
I accidentally touched my gpu's PCB while running.
My hands weren't dry but they weren't wet either, I wiped them after washing them with water and slight water Remenats left on my hand.
You would feel it if you static fried it. It feels like a zap. Even if you did zap your gpu, if it's connected to psu and running, the static discharge will be grounded anyway so it's fine.