urgent grounding issues.. very urgent pls!

Window_Shades

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Hi

I have been having grounding issues for about a month, already lost my gpu
I changed every single cable in my pc from sata cables to a new PSU
had an electrician check all the outlets in my house and the buildings grounding wire..
everything seems to be fine but i still get electrified from touching anything metal on my pc including the case
I must mention its not always but most of the time
my GPU died a few days ago and i must believe that the cause is the grounding
my HDD is starting to fail ( luckily I still have warranty but with the GPU I'm screwed lol )
and sometimes the whole pc just acts up and starts acting weird..

its quite an old pc but its all I got and all I can afford
any help will be very much appreciated
thx in advance

"sry just noticed where i posted if this could be moved to the appropriate forum "
 
If you are getting shocked, it is a safety issue not just a ground issue. If you had an electrician check your outlet and the polarity (assuming US wiring) is correct and the ground is intact then is shouldn't be an AC voltage problem.
Anything that is electrifying the case should be blowing a fuse somewhere.

I think you need to get a multimeter and start looking for shorts with the computer UNPLUGGED.
 
Let the electrician check for correct outlet polarity, Phase "Hot" and Neutral shouldn't be swapped in grounded outlets.

Proper outlet diagrams :

UK :
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North America :
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my brother is an electrician so thats not the problem besides i checked it already
it wasnt the PSU if you would have read you would have seen that i already tried a different PSU
I't was the MOBO dying and trying to take as much as it can with it lmao