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By don_svetlio
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 So, I was investigating the return of my best friend - coil whine (Asus <3) and I did touch the heatpipes and power connectors as well as the shroud to make sure everything is in place and not loose, I did touch the PSU casing a well - so I think I grounded myself. The only mistake is I was wearing a pullover (I know, it was late) so I got curious - are heatpipes able to transfer a charge or the TIM non-conductive. Nothing shut off so I assume I didn't fry anything.

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Well, are they Nickel or Copper?

Nickel-plated copper heatpipes.

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Nickel-plated copper heatpipes.

I wouldn't worry too much, if it wasn't plated it could be possible to short it out. We all know how conductive copper is.

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 So, I was investigating the return of my best friend - coil whine (Asus <3) and I did touch the heatpipes and power connectors as well as the shroud to make sure everything is in place and not loose, I did touch the PSU casing a well - so I think I grounded myself. The only mistake is I was wearing a pullover (I know, it was late) so I got curious - are heatpipes able to transfer a charge or the TIM non-conductive. Nothing shut off so I assume I didn't fry anything.

Everything that screws on to the gpu is grounded

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 So, I was investigating the return of my best friend - coil whine (Asus <3) and I did touch the heatpipes and power connectors as well as the shroud to make sure everything is in place and not loose, I did touch the PSU casing a well - so I think I grounded myself. The only mistake is I was wearing a pullover (I know, it was late) so I got curious - are heatpipes able to transfer a charge or the TIM non-conductive. Nothing shut off so I assume I didn't fry anything.

I assume you are talking about a graphics card, but the heatsink on a GPU is more likely grounded(its more of a either is or isn't type of thing), and unless you purposely charge yourself up you won't have any issues.

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Everything that screws on to the gpu is grounded

 

I wouldn't worry too much, if it wasn't plated it could be possible to short it out. We all know how conductive copper is.

 

I assume you are talking about a graphics card, but the heatsink on a GPU is more likely grounded(its more of a either is or isn't type of thing), and unless you purposely charge yourself up you won't have any issues.

Yeah, I'm assuming since it works I didn't break it - at worst there's an extra cat hair on the PCB/heatsink now (I have 2 cats ._.)

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