ESD?

[Seraphim974]

Hey I was about to build a gaming pc with some old parts from previous computer. My old computer no longer works because it seems to have been fried by my old apartment's lack of grounded outlets. I have 3 computers that no longer work and were fried one after the other at that apartment. I was curious if anyone knew if there is any risk of using any old parts in one of these broken systems on a new build since they have been through those electrical fluctuations....

For example, I wanted to use the old 610w power supply in signature and video card in sig and sound card and wireless network card and raptor hard drive. Then I would just replace the mobo, ram, and cpu..

Does anyone recommend not using these old parts due to the risk of them screwing up new stuff I buy when I go to put it all together?

Thanks.

 

[450]

This is not an issue of ESD if the electrical outlet is at fault.

I'm not sure I'd reuse a power supply if you think the wall outlet is the cause of the problem.

Do you have a UPS/battery backup of some sort?

 

[Seraphim974]

I don't have a battery backup, I had it on a good surge protector for just half the time that it was not grounded which probably didn't help either way. Now I have good electrical wiring, I'm just wondering about the different parts I wanted to re-use. Sounds like I'll ditch the PSU for a new one but I still will probably use my old pci-express video that was in there as well as Sound card and network card and hard drive.