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Static electricity and front panel slots

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  • Front Panel
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January 28, 2008 6:04:56 PM

I recently assembled a new system using the Antec Sonata III case and Asus P5k mobo. I'm not any other components are relevant, but Q6600, Kingston DDR2 memory, DVD burner and Seagate .11 HDD.

The problem... the front panel USB slots are very sensitive to static electricity. More than once, touching the pretty chrome I/O panel, or connecting a USB device, has caused the computer to freeze - nothing on screen moves, ctrl-alt-delete does nothing, both case lights (power and HDD) are on solid. Have to restart using the reset button.

I see a grounding wire between the case and the I/O panel.

Anyone have a solution? I'm trying to get into the habit of touching something else before touching the I/O panel, but have forgotten more than once.

What damage is this causing - or is the computer protecting itself with this freezing routine?





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January 28, 2008 9:49:08 PM

It's sounds like there's a problem, possibly with the grounding of the ports, static electricity is bad. Check the connections to the mobo and make sure you have them facing in the right direction. There should be info in the manual, I believe the black wire is the ground but check the manual. This just shouldn't be happening unless the environment is desert dry and/or you're shuffling across a rug to get to the computer
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