eagle1109
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Hello,
I recently started to get a little shock strikes from touching the rig for moving it or just to mount something.
So I thought that this is not normal and there's something leaking current.
I started diagnosing the source of the problem, so I disconnected the parts and connect the PSU and test if the leakage is still present, I eventually disconnected all the parts and the shock is still found on the motherboard ground with setting on the ceramic floor bare feet.
So now it's either the motherboard or the PSU which is causing the problem. Both of these parts have a history of having a problem with.
1. The PSU, this unit actually broke before months and it was the 12V rail output power MOSFET, so I replaced the MOSFETs and it worked again like a charm. But in this current situation, I think there could be other parts which might be broken and I'm not aware of.
It could be small parts which are not necessary for the operation of the unit, but maybe if one of them is broken then they might cause a problem, and this one I think I can't fix if it's true because it would be difficult to test.
>>> a quick update, I just went to the setup to test something, everything is powered OFF, and the switch of the PSU is OFF too. I touched the motherboard and there was a strike! So I disconnected the power cable of the PSU and the charge just gone, THEN, when I tried to connect the power cable and my HAND was on the PSU case I got a strike!
I think it's the PSU.
2. The motherboard, this unit took a hit during airflight shipping process and the GPU wasn't screwed, so it was rolling inside the rig all the time, until I received it and of course the GPU was broken, didn't work.
After that, one of the fans port doesn't boot right away when the I switch on the motherboard, it delays a little and then run.
I recently started to get a little shock strikes from touching the rig for moving it or just to mount something.
So I thought that this is not normal and there's something leaking current.
I started diagnosing the source of the problem, so I disconnected the parts and connect the PSU and test if the leakage is still present, I eventually disconnected all the parts and the shock is still found on the motherboard ground with setting on the ceramic floor bare feet.
So now it's either the motherboard or the PSU which is causing the problem. Both of these parts have a history of having a problem with.
1. The PSU, this unit actually broke before months and it was the 12V rail output power MOSFET, so I replaced the MOSFETs and it worked again like a charm. But in this current situation, I think there could be other parts which might be broken and I'm not aware of.
It could be small parts which are not necessary for the operation of the unit, but maybe if one of them is broken then they might cause a problem, and this one I think I can't fix if it's true because it would be difficult to test.
>>> a quick update, I just went to the setup to test something, everything is powered OFF, and the switch of the PSU is OFF too. I touched the motherboard and there was a strike! So I disconnected the power cable of the PSU and the charge just gone, THEN, when I tried to connect the power cable and my HAND was on the PSU case I got a strike!
I think it's the PSU.
2. The motherboard, this unit took a hit during airflight shipping process and the GPU wasn't screwed, so it was rolling inside the rig all the time, until I received it and of course the GPU was broken, didn't work.
After that, one of the fans port doesn't boot right away when the I switch on the motherboard, it delays a little and then run.