So this is pretty interesting. I've been building custom computers for 10 years now and have never come across this problem. Here are my specs:
ASUS M4A89GTD Motherboard
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Case
Patriot Viper II Sector 7 Edition 6GB RAM
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto (overclocked & 3 cores unlocked)
NVIDIA Geforce GTX560 Ti (output is HDMI to a 47in. LG LED TV)
CORSAIR TX850W POWER SUPPLY
So, originally when I used the front panel on this case it would freeze up the system. I did some research and it turns out the case is defective in that area and many people had to mail in their front panel to get it fixed by cooler master. I decided to just unplug it all together and not use it. That fixed the problem for about 5 months.
Nowadays I discharge electricity if I touch the case and the screen goes black and I have to hold the power button to turn it off. Upon reboot I have to go into the bios and completely re-do the overclock & core un locker to get it to boot into windows.
But check this out, I once static shocked myself on my xbox which sits 4 feet away from the pc on the same desk and shocking the xbox turned on my PC (it was in sleep mode). I was blown away. Also if my dog happens to rub against the metal legs of my desk I hear popping from my speakers and the mouse freezes up then comes back. If he does a full static shock the pc shuts down. Something is wrong here.
I also have an AVID MBOX 3 plugged in and powered by USB and I've accidentally shocked that and it shut the pc down.
Either this is a case problem or a power supply problem. I'm leaning towards a power supply problem just because it is a few years old and is under a lot of stress all the time. Its getting loud and sometimes whines. When I game and switch windows I start to get large framerate problems associated with lots of clicking and popping in the sound. I can even disable sound and the framerate problem is still there so its not my drivers on the mbox.
I'm thinking the power supply is going out and it cannot power everything anymore. (which would be the cause for audio/framerate problems when switching windows during gaming) and the power supply must have a faulty ground which would explain why any static electricity anywhere near the computer causes problems.
But the most confusing part is why would discharges on my desk cause the computer to shut down or restart or go black screen?
Any thoughts?
ASUS M4A89GTD Motherboard
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Case
Patriot Viper II Sector 7 Edition 6GB RAM
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto (overclocked & 3 cores unlocked)
NVIDIA Geforce GTX560 Ti (output is HDMI to a 47in. LG LED TV)
CORSAIR TX850W POWER SUPPLY
So, originally when I used the front panel on this case it would freeze up the system. I did some research and it turns out the case is defective in that area and many people had to mail in their front panel to get it fixed by cooler master. I decided to just unplug it all together and not use it. That fixed the problem for about 5 months.
Nowadays I discharge electricity if I touch the case and the screen goes black and I have to hold the power button to turn it off. Upon reboot I have to go into the bios and completely re-do the overclock & core un locker to get it to boot into windows.
But check this out, I once static shocked myself on my xbox which sits 4 feet away from the pc on the same desk and shocking the xbox turned on my PC (it was in sleep mode). I was blown away. Also if my dog happens to rub against the metal legs of my desk I hear popping from my speakers and the mouse freezes up then comes back. If he does a full static shock the pc shuts down. Something is wrong here.
I also have an AVID MBOX 3 plugged in and powered by USB and I've accidentally shocked that and it shut the pc down.
Either this is a case problem or a power supply problem. I'm leaning towards a power supply problem just because it is a few years old and is under a lot of stress all the time. Its getting loud and sometimes whines. When I game and switch windows I start to get large framerate problems associated with lots of clicking and popping in the sound. I can even disable sound and the framerate problem is still there so its not my drivers on the mbox.
I'm thinking the power supply is going out and it cannot power everything anymore. (which would be the cause for audio/framerate problems when switching windows during gaming) and the power supply must have a faulty ground which would explain why any static electricity anywhere near the computer causes problems.
But the most confusing part is why would discharges on my desk cause the computer to shut down or restart or go black screen?
Any thoughts?