Question electrical issues

ragez0r

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hello, name is chris, from the french part of Canada but i moved to the Philippines, please forgive me if my english isnt UK pefect,

im in my 2nd appartment both of which had no ground, however this apartment i have a cable going from the back of the ups (grounding hole) to a metal beam inside my apartment, im told that the beams are all connected and technically go 1.5m into the ground although encased in concrete, so boom i have got ground, i also use a GFCI( never jumped) plug, and a 350 watt ups

system is an amd 7680 (apu)
HAD 16gb of ram i removed 1 stick because computer was on but screen was blank.. im using 8gb fury hyper x ddr3
psu antec 550 watts

monitor chiworld 27 inch lcd

and recently i had to remove 1 stick of ram because as stated above the monitor wasnt coming to life, so my question is, is this really the work of a mentally handicapped guy that tried to do the wiring because i sincerely doubt he was a certified electrician, or is this because of the amount of "static" in the lines or AKA dirty electricity
and also sometimes my monitor just goes blank until i unplug the hdmi plug from the mobo and put it back in, i tried windows key-ctrl-shift-B to reset video drivers, (oh sorry, i use windows 11) and although i see the screen flicker green for a moment.. the problem comes back after 10-15 minutes.. so as of this point i have no choice but to plug in my ups power in into a dc to ac inverter that is connected to 2 batteries that are connected in parallel and charge said batteries with a chinese smart charger that shows on its screen that it is pumping 130 watts or so, any suggestions ? did i overlook something ? and please dont tell me to hire a certified electrician, the moment anyone sees my skin colour the price goes up 10 fold and coming from a socialisat country, i try to keep my spending down to a minimum in order to have funds in case of a health emergency.

please help
aidez moi svp
 

ragez0r

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wanted to ask an additional question, i have a power hungry msi gaming laptop back in my home country

will the same electrical problems be an issue ? it is a MSI GF65 thinUE that takes 130 or 180 watts to power on... of course i will continue to use the UPS.. the brick in the middle of the power cable is the largest ive ever seen nearly the size of a VHS casette
 

ragez0r

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which ups are you using? some don't provide a clean sinus ac to the psu and monitor and might trigger a bad behaviour of these.
which exact psu are you using in the pc?
refurbished intex all i had to do was order a ups battery.. although it is parallel linked to a second ups battery to give me additional time during a ppower outage
 

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worth mentioning that the 2 ups batteries are connected together via alligator clips ???? and i unintentionally touched 1 of the alligator clips and felt a mild buzz, at this moment i feel nothing
 

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You really need a larger UPS in my opinion. I use one the size you have only for my modem and the base receiver for my cameras. I would recommend something larger than your power supply whether the system indicates it is using it or not.