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post #1 of 5
4/1/06 at 5:52pm
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I have noticed that there is a lot of electricty running through my case. I would be sitting there playing a game or just touching the metal portion aound the case and I would get a shock. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and could this give me problems down the road?
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post #2 of 5
4/1/06 at 11:10pm
Sounds like you have a floating ground. Might want to have the ground circuit in your house tested.
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post #3 of 5
4/2/06 at 6:02am
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I am not sure what a floating ground is but it doesnt sound good. I live in Germany so I dont know who I would get the problem fixed.
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post #4 of 5
4/3/06 at 9:08pm
All it takes is the for the third prong off the outlet to go to ground.

Basically if you took a piece of reed bar and ran it about 4-6 feet into the ground and then had a copper wire (insulated 16 guage or larger ,12 10 etc) run from the circuit breaker box to the reed bar. Hopfully your wiring is correct in the house other wise, run the ground from your outlet in the room your computer is in to the reed bar. I am in egypt and this is a common problem with older houses over seas.

If you receive shocks from other appliances when your bare feet touch the floor and touch bare metal on say the microwave, washer etc and you feel the tingle, your house is probably not wired for ground correctly.

Now, if you are using a power cord to convert your 3 prong american plug or a three prong european plug to a two prong plug, your are definitely floating the ground.
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post #5 of 5
4/8/06 at 9:35pm
@steve

Versteh den ersten Part von dem Ägypter jetz auch nich so richtig....

Du bist - so wie ich das sehe - nicht/schlecht geerdet und die elektrostatische Aufladung in Deinem Körper entlädt sich über das Notebook. Versuchs mal mit anderen Schuhen (kein Plastik) oder entlade Dich ab und zu an einem Heizkörper. Diese Schläge sind nicht gut für Dein Notebook.... Besser gesagt, sie sind verheerend und können zum Totalausfall führen, und zwar schleichend. Das dauert Monate, bis etwas passiert, wenn was passiert....

Das Notebook selbst sollte wie die meisten Geräte über den Stecker geerdet sein. Es ist ziemlich unwahrscheinlich, dass da was nicht stimmt, und wenn es so wäre, dann wäre das sehr sehr schlecht.

Lies mal das:

http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme93/article506405.html

Sorry for not English, but I guess he would have problems to understand otherwise since this is a special topic.... Told him he should try to get ground by using other clothes.... in Germany I don´t think many houses have such problems.... but maybe I´m wrong ???
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