[SGVLUG] Calling the brightest of cal tech and other nerds!

[Matthew Gallizzi]

Just to clarify on the things we have tried...
- 4 PSUs (2 new, 2 used and working great)
- 4 motherboards (3 brand new, 1 used and working great)
- 3 cases (1 used, 2 brand new - all aluminum)
- 3 different power cords
- 2 wall outlets in my house on opposite ends of house, and, another house 2
miles away
- 2 CPUs
- tested RAM, RAM is fine - haven't swapped out
- 2 Video cards
- 3 experienced people have rebuilt the system 5+ times ... problem remains.

Hm, I think that's it. Oh, and I've made 3 trips to frys (25+ miles away),
and 3 trips to the vendor who sold me the case.

My confusion: I have built the computer and had the motherboard ONLY
connected via power... and it was leaning outside of the case, not touching
the case at all.. and the PSU was stilled screwed into the case. Now, I
would touch the case and it would shut off. Then, I took both PSU and mobo
completely out of the system ... started it .. touched the case, and, of
course, it didn't shut off. Then, I built up static electricity like I do
(rub feet on carpet with socks) and zapped the power supply 6 times in 4
different areas. Computer never shut off. I have spent 30+ hours on this and
xed has helped me a great amount and put in a lot of time as well... any
input greatly appreciated.

On 12/22/06, Munjal Thakkar <m00njal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> matt gallizzi and I, both frequent attendees of the cal tech lug have the
> strangest problem ever, static electricity keeps shutting down a computer we
> recently built, because its an all metal case. We have verified every part
> 100% from switching ram to cpu to mobo, to PSU, EVERYTHING, however we both
> still have this strange problem, isnt the point of touching the metal part
> of a case supposed to ground you from static discharge in the first place?
> obviously that rule isnt applying here, any feedback is greatly appreciated
> !
>
>


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Matthew Gallizzi
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