My computer bites me :/

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NeuroN

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After I leave my computer on for a while, if I go touch any of the screws, I get a jolt. If I turn it off, and click the on button a few times to make sure all the power is out of the system, the screws still gives me a jolt.

And it's too painfull to touch, so it's gonna be quite a bit in there, I can leave it off for quite a while, and touch it multiple times to try to get the power out of it, but it just wont stop hurting my arm :p

Any suggestions on how I can solve this? I've had this with multiple hardware configurations, could it be something related to the power in my house?
 
Does it continue to shock you if you keep you finger on it? Or is it just a quick sharp zap and it over until next time? If it's a continuos shock then I'd say call an electrican fast. You may have what's called a floating ground. Those can be extremely dangerous and may start a house fire.
 
ryan_975 said:
Does it continue to shock you if you keep you finger on it? Or is it just a quick sharp zap and it over until next time? If it's a continuos shock then I'd say call an electrican fast. You may have what's called a floating ground. Those can be extremely dangerous and may start a house fire.
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it does, bah, guess I'll have to have this looked at, thanks for the information, I would probably have just left this alone if I didn't know any better :p
 
NeuroN said:
it does, bah, guess I'll have to have this looked at, thanks for the information, I would probably have just left this alone if I didn't know any better :p
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Might also be a good idea to unplug your system or anything else expensive until then, I may be worrying to much, but that sounds like something that could fry electronics.
 
NulloModo said:
Might also be a good idea to unplug your system or anything else expensive until then, I may be worrying to much, but that sounds like something that could fry electronics.
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yeah, +1 to that! continuous shock is BAD. unplug everthing. i'd then open the case and see if anything is inproperly wired or touching the case. could be the powersupply is the culprit.

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It may not be the computer, I had a buddy who had faulty grounds in his basement that ended up running some juice through his case. I'm sorry to say that he isn't the brightest but he left it that way for a couple years and it worked for him. Not something I would recommend though. It was first noticed at a lan party so we had about 10 computers doing this. Last time I brought mine over... Good luck
 
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