Getting slight current in the Motherboard rear pannel HELP!!?

discovered it when was plugging in the usb in the front usb port . checked getting it in the rear mobo pannel and the entire rear of the case using antec 200 getting on the insides to . checked the harddrive same thing , checked the cpu heatsink was the same . even turned off the psu switch while keeping it plugged in the power outlet and desktop still the same

HELP !!

seems to me its the psu but im no expert psu is gigabyte super 720 mobo is asus M4A88T-M/USB3

HELP!!!

Its static, dont worry.

you sure !!? i really don't want to mess my rig up man.

would be helpful if a few others would pitch in an comment on it aswell

and its every where in the case , did abit of research some says it s due to the wiring of the house not being grounded properly

and its every where in the case , did abit of research some says it s due to the wiring of the house not being grounded properly

husssni

not sure . getting the same thing with the monitor vga cable header to . and the current isn't intense at all i had a cut in my finger so when that touched with the usb header i felt a slight pricking other wise no sensation at all if i touch it . after this i tested it out with a tester and found it was there

not sure . getting the same thing with the monitor vga cable header to . and the current isn't intense at all i had a cut in my finger so when that touched with the usb header i felt a slight pricking other wise no sensation at all if i touch it . after this i tested it out with a tester and found it was there

My guess is that you do not have grounded outlets, and this puts the case on a different potential than you. It shouldn't cause any damage though since it sounds like it's a very minor difference.

so today after two days of uncertanity i finally ran my pc again but its worse this time last time i could only feel the current when i touched with the finger which was cut but today i could feel it no matter how i touched it the slight ticking feeling on the whole case back pannel and the screws WTF !!!

im really worried now !!

HELP ME GUYS !!!

its pretty old think it was built in the early 50's . nah dude not dnmb to to that its switched in a 3 pronged cuircit . have a fridge connected to the same curcit but never got a jolt from it . and the psu has over and under voltage protection so not using a surge protector .

was thinking of taking the wire of an old cell phone charger connectin it to the case and the other end to a metal weight and placing it on the uncarpeted area to ground it . will it work !!?

its pretty old think it was built in the early 50's . nah dude not dnmb to to that its switched in a 3 pronged cuircit . have a fridge connected to the same curcit but never got a jolt from it . and the psu has over and under voltage protection so not using a surge protector .

was thinking of taking the wire of an old cell phone charger connectin it to the case and the other end to a metal weight and placing it on the uncarpeted area to ground it . will it work !!?

husssni

No it will not work and I wouldn't adivice you to try any kind of ghetto groundings if the building is that old. Call in an electrician to measure and fix it for you.

well dude living in a 3rd world country sucks !! showed it to says its fine something wrong with the pc . and he a selftaught electrition getting some one whos a legit electrition well next ot impossoble . and getting the same current in the monitor vga header aswell !!

How exactly are you touching the pc? Just with one hand while standing on the floor, while the other hand is in your pocket or something? And what kind of floor is it?

Also, what do you mean when you say it's "switched in a 3 pronged circuit"? It goes from a 2 pronged outlet to a 3 pronged power strip?

yes with one hand and its a cement floor , while i stand on tha carpet i don't get the slight tingling . so any solution to it . and yeah when i plug in the usb if i touch the header while pluging it in i get the shock to . checked it getting it on the harddrive , video cards back pannel where there are little metal points .

yes with one hand and its a cement floor , while i stand on tha carpet i don't get the slight tingling . so any solution to it . and yeah when i plug in the usb if i touch the header while pluging it in i get the shock to . checked it getting it on the harddrive , video cards back pannel where there are little metal points .

husssni

my bad it a 3 pronged outlet just like the psu's switch is

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yes with one hand and its a cement floor , while i stand on tha carpet i don't get the slight tingling . so any solution to it . and yeah when i plug in the usb if i touch the header while pluging it in i get the shock to . checked it getting it on the harddrive , video cards back pannel where there are little metal points .

husssni

my bad it a 3 pronged outlet just like the psu's switch is

straight in the outlet

Okay, so the computer is connected straight into the outlet which is a 3 pronged one aka grounded and you clearly feel the shocks from any metal part on the computer when standing on concrete.

My first thought is that the outlet is incorrectly wired, or something else in the buildings wiring is bad. Either that or it's something with your case and PSU. I don't like giving advice like this over the internet though since electrical system differ a bit from place to place. In this outlet you have, can you actually touch the ground pin(s)? Like here in Finland the outlet looks like this:

The two holes are hot and neutral, while the two metal pins are the ground connection, so you can actually touch them.

If you can do this with your outlet, do you feel the same tingling from the pin in the outlet?

this is the inside of the outlet with the front pannel removed right !? mine like this

im not comfortable with dismanteling the cover but how about if i put the tester in the earth one and if i get current in the earth one than what !?

No the picture I posted is what it looks like "on the wall", nothing removed.

Nah don't dismantle anything from yours. What kind of tester are you testing with? Post a picture or model or something.

its like the one on top

Well... you could use those as testers. Would hurt a bit but would work... a joke.Lol but no were talking about voltage testers. Those are screw drivers. Hire an electrician.

Motokid6

husssni, the problem with that tester is that it will react to any close-by voltage source, no matter what you stick it into in the outlet, it "feels" the hot wire just because it's nearby, because it works thanks to the magnetic fields around.

To actually do any useful testing you have to get a multimeter that can measure voltage in numbers, and check what you have between the existing connections in the outlet. In a normal outlet you should have mains voltage between the hot and neutral (I don't know what mains voltage you have in your country, in Finland it's 230 VAC), mains voltage between hot and ground, and 0 volts between neutral and ground.

To be honest though, like motokid said, I would prefer that you'd just try to get an electrician to check this since you're obviosuly worried about it.

i did mention that i had one over and he had the same tester that i had

WTF !!!

gonna look for one than

I realised that the screwdriver you have used for testing might actually be of the type that has to have physical contact with the voltage source to work (in this case the tip of the driver).

Now IF it's one of those, and it lights up (I suppose that's what it does if there's voltage) when you put it into the ground "hole" in the outlet, it's not true ground you have there, meaning either that particular outlet is incorrectly wired or something before the outlet is incorrectly wired or the whole building has something fishy in the wiring. It's likely something in the outlet or just before it (another outlet perhaps?) if you don't get that tingling from any other electrical device in the house though. You can try moving the computer to another room and testing in another outlet.

More help than this I can't give you over a forum. Get professional help.

i did mention that i had one over and he had the same tester that i had

WTF !!!

gonna look for one than

husssni