I admittedly don't know much about hardware... so he goes nothing.
A friend of mine built a new PC for me. Brought it home last night and everything worked fine.
Today I was installing some software and went to eject a CD when I touched one of the face plates on an empty bay. The guy who builted it said the face plates were brushed aluminum.
When I touched the face plate, I heard and felt a crack of static and the computer turned off. When I turned the power back on, only the fans and the purdy lights on the outside of the case kicked on. The hard drive did nothing, and the power light on the front of the computer did not light up. I'll have to look when I get home again, but I believe there was a green light lit up on the motherboard.
It seems to me that a small bit of SE wouldn't be enough to fry something...or if it is, that the computer would be built in a way to prevent something as common as SE to have an effect when it hits the case... am I wrong? What did I kill here? Is there anything I can do to help diagnose the issue?
Thanks all...
A friend of mine built a new PC for me. Brought it home last night and everything worked fine.
Today I was installing some software and went to eject a CD when I touched one of the face plates on an empty bay. The guy who builted it said the face plates were brushed aluminum.
When I touched the face plate, I heard and felt a crack of static and the computer turned off. When I turned the power back on, only the fans and the purdy lights on the outside of the case kicked on. The hard drive did nothing, and the power light on the front of the computer did not light up. I'll have to look when I get home again, but I believe there was a green light lit up on the motherboard.
It seems to me that a small bit of SE wouldn't be enough to fry something...or if it is, that the computer would be built in a way to prevent something as common as SE to have an effect when it hits the case... am I wrong? What did I kill here? Is there anything I can do to help diagnose the issue?
Thanks all...