Anyone ever get shocked while working with a pc?

I have never been shocked while working on my pc, but I received a huge shock from a couple of capacitors on my original xbox 6 or 7 years ago (prob the worst shock I ever received) and it almost knocked me over haha. Other than that big one, the only other shocks I have received were from a small capacitor on an old tv while trying to repair it. Anyone else have an interesting experience?

I got such a shock, i'm always stuck with spiky hair now.

Don't pee on le' electrique de' fence...

Nope I unplug things that use electricity before I open them up.:P

roulettethedog

This,

Unless you mean wearing a woolen jumper and rubbing your feet on carpet for ages, then touching someone.

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Nope I unplug things that use electricity before I open them up.:P

GTR12

This,

Unless you mean wearing a woolen jumper and rubbing your feet on carpet for ages, then touching someone.

adango a user here, took apart his PSU and woke up in the hospital

adango a user here, took apart his PSU and woke up in the hospital

GummiRaccoon

Changing a light globe in the dark and forgot to turn the light switch off, ended up sticking my finger in the light socket. That felt awesome.Filipino_Rambo

i've never been shocked so far RECENTLY... I try to remember to unplug it if i'm doing lots of work inside of it. Sometimes I get lazy and leave it plugged in and just turn the power supply switch off. I think your pretty safe in a PC as long as you aren't taking the powersupply apart and touching the pieces inside of it. Nothing on the motherboard holds much charge once your pc is unplugged and you discharged the power by flicking the switch.

There is once or twice I did get a shock of some kind, but I think it was mostly from the phone line that was connected to my modem. It happened once or twice, and the charge was very very little, it barely felt like anything. I'm quite sure it was energy coming from the phone line and not the computer case. I guess its something to think of if you have a phone line or ethernet cord still plugged in, you may have a bit of power still running through your motherboard even though your powersupply is off.

I never got shocked by a PC.

The only thing close to that was when I was trying to assemble a computer with one of those "universal" PSUs.

Simply forgot to switch it to the right voltage and it made a huge BOOM filling the room with smoke.

I tried to quickly turn off the power in my house but I stepped on my cat and it bit me so I slipped and hit the door with my face.. nose broken.

True story.. computers and cats don't mix..

I've never gotten a shock. I always touch the case before touching the hardware inside.

I've never gotten a shock. I always touch the case before touching the hardware inside.

Snaptrap

no but if that did happen id know i fudged something up

One of my co-workers yesterday stuck a screwdrive in the back of a powersupply when the computer was on to check if the fan was stuck on something. He got shocked real bad and blew a few fuses in the back.

Never had a shock and been working on PCs for years.

Unplug from the mains and leave to stand on a table. Press the power button to discharge any stored up charge in capacitors or the PSU. Touch the metal sides of the case before working on anything in the case. Never attempt to open the PSU or poke anything into it.

I was pretty shocked at the sound my 6990 put out.

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I've never gotten a shock. I always touch the case before touching the hardware inside.

cell_dweller

Strange thing is, neither have I and I work on my computer out in the living room on the carpet. The shock problem only happens to careless people who aren't focusing on what they're doing.