I built my first high end gaming PC a few days ago, but I don't have grounding in my outlets right now. I thought that it would be fine to install Windows on the PC and check if everything works properly. I had a dumb idea that I should check if there is any electricity on the grounding pin of my extension cord while I was installing Windows. I touched a metal pipe and the grounding pin at the same time and I felt electricity going through my body, the monitor started flickering and after a few seconds (between 5-20, I dont remember it clearly) I gathered the courage to unplug my PC.
It turns out that the pipe somehow had some voltage on it (I touched it after turning everything off and it zapped me). I had a mental breakdown after that so idk if I remember it correctly but I might have seen some graphical glitches while it was happening.
I checked if it was turning on and it booted to the Windows installer, but it took a little longer than booting to BIOS and two of the diagnostic LEDs (problably GPU and RAM) were glowing for a while before it booted. I will have grounding installed in my outlets this weekend, I'm afraid to plug in my PC until I will have it installed. I'm totally devastated right now. How likely is it that I damaged my PC?
It turns out that the pipe somehow had some voltage on it (I touched it after turning everything off and it zapped me). I had a mental breakdown after that so idk if I remember it correctly but I might have seen some graphical glitches while it was happening.
I checked if it was turning on and it booted to the Windows installer, but it took a little longer than booting to BIOS and two of the diagnostic LEDs (problably GPU and RAM) were glowing for a while before it booted. I will have grounding installed in my outlets this weekend, I'm afraid to plug in my PC until I will have it installed. I'm totally devastated right now. How likely is it that I damaged my PC?