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ticallion   11-03-2009 at 11:39:35 PM

This morning I was getting dressed and picked up a t-shirt off the floor, it hit my computer case door (aluminium) a few times and shocked it, when it happened the 4-5th/last time I noticed it was lighting up all the LED's on my computer and even on my keyboard.

Could this have damaged the computer ? It was turned off but still had the PSU on with power running into it.

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fatsauce   11-03-2009 at 11:53:22 PM

well...ok, then what happened after that...have you turned your computer back on???

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ticallion   11-03-2009 at 11:57:04 PM

I turned it on and it's seemed to load up fine, posting took about 10 seconds longer than usual. But I'm worried it could have damaged some internals

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uh_no   11-04-2009 at 12:01:48 AM

seeing as the case is grounded.....you shocking the case can not have possibly done anything to the motherboard......plus a surge of current wouldn't cause the lights on the keyboard to light up anyway as its a serial communications protocol......

chances are you are mostly making this up

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ticallion   11-04-2009 at 12:32:05 AM

No, I am not making this up.

 

I stated what actually happened, the shirt hit the aluminium case door, lighting up all my fan LED's and my keyboard LED for a brief half second. Whilst the computer was powered off.


Message edited by ticallion on 11-04-2009 at 12:34:32 AM
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capt_taco   11-04-2009 at 01:16:25 AM

Since the machine works fine, my guess would be "no."

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anort3   11-04-2009 at 01:20:00 AM

I really dont see how this could have happened either.........that being said I did kill a Gigabyte 865PE chipset board ( forget exact model ) with static. That was through a USB connection on the front of the case and plugging in a headset on a cold dry day. It also was a known issue with the ICH5 Southbridge. Likely if it damaged the PC it would not have booted at all.

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