My case is static shocking me

[Provolonely]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the site so forgive me if this is explanation and question(s) are long and annoying or whatever. Okay so I recently built my own pc and needed to move my system into a new case because it had a window and my computer desk is in my bedroom (the lights inside were keeping me awake). Anyway, I moved it from a Corsair 750D airflow to the Corsair 400q and, after all the work was finished in moving the parts, I was sitting at my desk and touched my PC case and got a static zap from the side of the case itself. I ignored this thinking it was nothing and well, nothing happened and, my pc continued to run as normal. Well today (about a week later) I went to plug in my headphones into the headphone jack of my new case and, I got a static zap from the headphone jack. I immediately lifted my fingers off the jack and then touched it again and got a second zap. Third time no zap, plugged in my phones and they worked no
problem at all, system ran as normal. My question is two parts; what caused this to happen and is this a serious problem that may have broken or will break some component in my system, or am I just paranoid? My psu is an EVGA 650GS power supply that has a 3 prong cable and it is plugged into a Tripplite surge protector. The surge protector has the green and red lights lit for protection and ground so, it seems like it's grounded. The wall outlet itself that the surge protector is plugged into was damaged by a falling object and so the outlet itself on the bottom half is broken off. Obviously I have the surge protector plugged into the top half that is not damaged. Any suggestions? Am I just over worrying?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

The outlet being damaged might have broken the ground wire in there, possibly. It's also probably exposed live parts, which is a shock hazard. I'd strongly suggest you get an electrician to replace it.

It's also possible that there's nothing wrong - you've generated a static charge because of the carpet or whatever, and when you touch the case you dissipate the charge, like with any other grounded objects, like an oven.

 

[DookieDraws]

I get zapped by my case every once in awhile as well. It also makes me jump every time it happens!

And yes, if you're getting zapped nearly every time you touch your pc, there could be a serious issue somewhere.

 

[Provolonely]

I get zapped by my case every once in awhile as well. It also makes me jump every time it happens!

And yes, if you're getting zapped nearly every time you touch your pc, there could be a serious issue somewhere.

Only happened those two times. I think the previous response might be right, that the outlet is possibly damaged so, I'm going to move my computer to the other side of the room and plug into the outlet there instead.