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brycematheson712 · 12-26-2007, 06:20 PM

I built a new computer yesterday after recieving all the parts for Christmas (in sig). After putting it together, everything runs great! No glitches, nothing. It runs nice and fast...just like I like it!

Now, there's only one problem though. I'm worried that it's not grounded. I think this, because everytime I go to touch the case, or press the power button I get a nice little shock. EVERY time. Now, I'm VERY worried, because I know how bad Electro-static shock can be to computer components and I'd really like to fix it now. Is there anything that I forgot to do or that I did wrong?

Also, sometimes whenever I plug in a USB Flash Drive in the front or back as SOON as the metal connectors of the Flash Drive touch the connectors on the PC the computer monitor will go black and I have to reboot to get it to turn back on. It will sometimes do this with the front audio connectors too. It doesn't always do this, but I'm assuming it's another problem with the grounding issue.

Can anybody help? I'm nervous! Thanks.

12-26-2007, 06:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
brycematheson712 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: C:\Windows\System32\ Posts: 203	Is my case grounded? I built a new computer yesterday after recieving all the parts for Christmas (in sig). After putting it together, everything runs great! No glitches, nothing. It runs nice and fast...just like I like it! Now, there's only one problem though. I'm worried that it's not grounded. I think this, because everytime I go to touch the case, or press the power button I get a nice little shock. EVERY time. Now, I'm VERY worried, because I know how bad Electro-static shock can be to computer components and I'd really like to fix it now. Is there anything that I forgot to do or that I did wrong? Also, sometimes whenever I plug in a USB Flash Drive in the front or back as SOON as the metal connectors of the Flash Drive touch the connectors on the PC the computer monitor will go black and I have to reboot to get it to turn back on. It will sometimes do this with the front audio connectors too. It doesn't always do this, but I'm assuming it's another problem with the grounding issue. Can anybody help? I'm nervous! Thanks. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.75GHz MB: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L RAM: Corsair 2GB (2x1GB) XMS2 DDR2 @ 833MHz GPU: nVidia 8600GT XXX 256MB @ 620/1600 HDD: 160GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II OD: Memorex 52x-32x-52x CD-RW // Sony 18x DVD-ROM PSU: Rosewill 450W Dual Fan CASE: Rosewill R604TSB-N SOUND SETUP: Philips HTS3410D 5.1 Channel 3DMark06: 5374