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Electric shock when I touch the Graphics card or motherboard I/O ?!

Vishvas Sudarshan

I don't when this problem started, I thing its fairly recent, but when I touch the back of my Graphics card (The metal piece that has all the video outputs) or the motherboard's rear I/O, I get an electric shock. It isn't powerful enough that it gives off sparks or something, but I can touch it for about a second, after which I involuntarily remove my hand.

 

The case, PSU and expansion slots seem to be fine.

 

What could be causing this? And what should I do to fix it?

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5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

sounds like your mains aren't grounded

Okay! So I'll open the wall outlet covering and check the ground wire as I just found out that if I plug it into a different outlet I don't have this issue. 

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4 minutes ago, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

Okay! So I'll open the wall outlet covering and check the ground wire as I just found out that if I plug it into a different outlet I don't have this issue. 

Remember to use the breakers and power off the outlets first.... just in case.

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2 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Remember to use the breakers and power off the outlets first.... just in case.

I always do that. Thanks :) 

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Just now, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

I always do that. Thanks :) 

No worries, just wanted to make sure you were playing it safe... you never know these days :D

 

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37 minutes ago, zMeul said:

sounds like your mains aren't grounded

 

15 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

No worries, just wanted to make sure you were playing it safe... you never know these days :D

 

 

Found it! Yup you guys were right, the grounding wire behind the outlet was not secured properly! 

Should have thought about that before posting, but never mind. And yea I took all safety measures. 

 

Thanks guys! :D

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18 minutes ago, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

 

 

Found it! Yup you guys were right, the grounding wire behind the outlet was not secured properly! 

Should have thought about that before posting, but never mind. And yea I took all safety measures. 

 

Thanks guys! :D

No problem, I didn't really do anything, so all credit to @zMeul for the fix.

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  • Storage/NAS/Servers:-
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  • 3 years later...

May I inquire. I'm having the same issue, my house does not have grounded mains. Is this sort of potential safe? Is this supposed to happen or is there something wrong with the hardware? 

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