Short circuit in my pc

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

Built my pc recently and noticed a small electricity hit me when i touch my pc case, motherboard, gpu or any metal. Either while running or just shutdown and plagued to house electricity.

First i ignored it because my pc used to work fine for a month but today it refuses to boot, everything lights up, gpu, ram, motherboard and cpu fan is runing faster, but it refuses to boot.

I figured out that the PSU is making that electricity hit.
The problem is that its not booting at all. Am wondering if any component is damaged ?

Please help

DSzymborski · May 25, 2018

Only way to know is by testing the components.

Neur0nauT · May 25, 2018

Have you tired bread-boarding the platform? i.e. Removing the motherboard and components out of the case and testing it?

See this guide for some pointers....http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2176482/breadboarding-stripping-basics-troubleshooting.html

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

Yes i thought it was the old metal case, i removed everything out and reassemble, onece i plagued power cable everything became chrged and electrical,
Even the pins on the Mobo or the heatsink of the gpu hits me.

Am afraid something is damaged

Neur0nauT · May 25, 2018

You should try testing the system using a different PSU.

smashjohn · May 25, 2018

The two most common shorts I see are:

1) extra standoffs under the motherboard. -Remove the motherboard and make sure every standoff lines up with a mounting hole in the motherboard.
2) an internally shorted PSU. -Remove the PSU from the case and test or try a different PSU entirely.

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

The psu is 100% the problem, i will test another one and see... but my question is there any chance my components are damaged ? You can see the list in my signature.
Please explain how can they be safe in this situation, i can't stand the idea of something damaged

smashjohn · May 25, 2018

Hard to say until you test another PSU, but your PSU and case are grounded together. So a short in the PSU to ground can energize your case. In general, this is a protective measure to keep your components from getting fried. I mean, it's not meant to energize your case, but it is meant to provide shorts with a path to ground that doesn't run through other components.. I'm guessing your components are fine.

Also, double check your outlet and power cord to make sure you're PSU is properly grounded to the wall. You might want to use a tester is you're not sure about how the wall outlet is wired.

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

I tested my monitor power cable on the psu and same thing. Hits like raiden
But how can the problem be from the psu and it still running ?
Also pc used to run normally with same condition, doesnt this mean mobo is tired and got damaged ?

smashjohn · May 25, 2018

Everything you've described is connected to ground. Your MB is grounded to your chassi. Your PSU guts are grounded to the PSU case. Your GPU heatsink is grounded to the card which is grounded to the MB through the PCI slot and through its ancillary power cable(s). All of these grounds connect together and ultimately should be grounded through the 3rd prong of the power cord you plug into the wall. From there it finds true ground somewhere outside your house. You probably have a copper rod in the dirt under your breaker box. When you get shocked, that charge is using your body to find ground. This either means you have a bad ground on the wall outlet, or enough energy and resistance in the system to take advantage of alternate routes to ground.

You won't know how well your system is survived until you connect a psu that isn't shorted and test. But it's a huge plus if you don't smell burning

mbarnes86 · May 25, 2018

Hi

Try the pc in a location that has properly grounded socket outlets
Live, neutral and earth pins in plug and socket are required

If using a trailing socket try connecting direct to socket on wall

Regards
Mike Barnes

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

I like smashjonh details, the first thing am gonna do is find and try with different psu then judge, hoping nothing got fried.
Someone told me the psu and motherboad technologie are safe for such accidents, the psu will receive all dmg and the mobo will not boot in case of bad voltage. Hope its true.
Probably tomorrow and i will update news.

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

Since th psu is faulty, is there any chance that my system technologie agains such situationq refuses to boot because it detected a bad electricity, means my components are safe ?

DSzymborski · May 25, 2018

gm-madi :

Speculating is pointless. Until you have a new PSU to test, there's no useful information you can obtain about your other parts without testing them in a different PC.

gm-madi · May 25, 2018

I just can't sleep

My head hurts when thinking something is 1% broken.
I will be testing in 8 hours till then i just can't survive

gm-madi · May 26, 2018

SOLUTION
another funny story, after i tried everything and suspected my PSU is shorting my PC and afraid to cause damage, looks like BIOS is faulty, i took it to a technical house thinking something is broken, he just removed the Battery and did BIOS jumper and PC is working fine.

about the electricity hitting me: all time i was feet naked and my house electricity installation is not grounded so thats why i was taking hits.
if i wear something on my feet, everything is safe. Stupid situation but a good lesson.

thank you everyone for responding.

DSzymborski · May 26, 2018

You really need to get an electrician out there; that's not safe.

gm-madi · May 26, 2018

where i live, none use Grounding

but small accidents are mortal, like when you are feet naked in summer and open the fridge or touch the TV.
rare to happen but still dangerous

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