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  • USB Ports shocking me

    Now, I assume it's static because it's not a constant shock but I have plugged both a 360 controller and my phone into my USB ports on the front of the case.

    Whenever I go somewhere else in apartment (carpet, no socks) and then come back and touch the bottom part of the controller where additional devices can plug into it, it will shock me. I will continue to touch it and it only does it once, same with my phone. On the side is the HDMI port, it shocked me through that.

    Now....If it were a building grounding issue then I would assume it would shock me every time I touched it, also my surge protector light isn't lit up to indicate a building ground fault.

    Is this just your normal static that is caused by walking in the house?

    I don't seem to shock myself on anything else in apartment after walking around.

  • #2
    Its probably really dry in your house

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    • #3
      open a window, well wait its actually kinda hot isn't it.

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      • #4
        USB = 5 volts, you won't even feel that. It's probably just static electricity.

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        • #5
          Yeah figured it wasn't the USB ports due to the voltage.

          I actually do think it's dry in here, I guess I'll get me a mini weather station to tell me.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by roliath View Post
            open a window, well wait its actually kinda hot isn't it.
            Not relatively speaking but yeah, too hot to open a window

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            • #7
              buy a humidifier.
              www.hppmotorsports.com
              ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

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              • #8
                Originally posted by momo View Post
                buy a humidifier.
                Yeah, I want to get a hygrometer first just to see how dry it is.

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