I know the dangers of ESD to components inside the case but twice last night I got a shock from the outside and Windows rebooted on its own. Are there any suggestions for grounding the case? The ESD obviously is effecting the insides (the reboot) and I'm worried about frying something!!
2007-01-20 11:33:25 · 4 answers · asked by JonOsin S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If you don't have grounding on the wall plug, you could hook the ground line to the central heating radiator in your room so the ESD will be able to flow away. You could also stick a long thin iron rod in the ground and hook it to the ground line, that would work too and is less dangerous than grounding it thru your central heating system.
2007-01-20 11:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by john_ven24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May not be ESD. it may be your power supply is not grounding. usually ESD does not affect a computer when it hits it from the case. that is because the board is on plastic mounts( or at least it should be) so whatever hits the case should not hurt the motherboard. also if you have your computer on a stand made of wood or plastic it would not harm the computer( you do of course have your computer off the floor. I coundn't imagine why you would risk putting it on the floor) you might want to check if there is any electric charge around the case with an voltometer. if there is you need to find out where it is coming from, because that is your culprit. of course if your ESD ever did reach the board your computer would already be fried since it only takes 30 volts to fry most chips on the board. you would want to avoid grounding your computer to an external source if it has a power supply issue. creating a continuos circut would cause power drain. computer needs to have a stead 12V flow five or take about 1.5V to the mother board and 5V to each of the drives. once again give or take about 1V. if it drops to much or to fast this will reset your computer. If it spikes to much or to fast it could fry a few things.
2007-01-20 11:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by nyxcat1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a resistive short somewhere inside of the case. This may be a floating AC ground which is very dangerous. You'll have to open the case and verify the bottom of the mainboard is not touching the chasis. Also try a different power supply if you can.
2007-01-20 11:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
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2007-01-20 16:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by asila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋