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Getting shocked when touching the case

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just built a new pc, everything's running fine, but when i touch any part of the case, it zaps me. Why? is it because i'm using a non-modular psu?

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4 minutes ago, SomeonesDad said:

just built a new pc, everything's running fine, but when i touch any part of the case, it zaps me. Why? is it because i'm using a non-modular psu?

How bad is it? Is it static? at any rate if you can touch any part of it and get zapped you're... well pretty fked. Make sure none of cables are exposed, that the case is grounded and everything else is plugged in. PSU's shouldn't even do that no matter. Try unplugging the pc and moving it to a enviornment like wood or something like that (ground it), and if you still get shocked contanct the psu producer. 

I am NOT a professional and a lot of the time what I'm saying is based on limited knowledge and experience. I'm going to be incorrect at times. 

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1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

perhaps ground the case.

How do you ground the case?

-Main PC-

CPU Ryzen 3 3100 | | Motherboard ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 | | GPU PowerColor Red Dragon RX 580 | |RAM 16GB Patriot Viper Steel 3000MHz | | PSU Corsair CX550 80+ Bronze | | SSD Kingston A400 240GB | | HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM  | |Case Phanteks P300

-Laptop-

HP Elite 820 G4

Intel I5-7200U

Intel HD 620

8GB DDR4

500GB SSD

 

 

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Wait, now it doesnt zaps me, idk why the hell would it zap me after i built it, i think im safe now, thanks for the suggestions

-Main PC-

CPU Ryzen 3 3100 | | Motherboard ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 | | GPU PowerColor Red Dragon RX 580 | |RAM 16GB Patriot Viper Steel 3000MHz | | PSU Corsair CX550 80+ Bronze | | SSD Kingston A400 240GB | | HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM  | |Case Phanteks P300

-Laptop-

HP Elite 820 G4

Intel I5-7200U

Intel HD 620

8GB DDR4

500GB SSD

 

 

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48 minutes ago, SomeonesDad said:

Wait, now it doesnt zaps me, idk why the hell would it zap me after i built it, i think im safe now, thanks for the suggestions

The plug you plug the PC into has to have Earth ground.   With no ground, the leakage current has nowhere to go.

 

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