I believe you may have a defective ground within the AC power wiring in
the building, at least to the power outlet you use for your computer.
The static electricity you pick up when walking back to your computer
should transfer to the grounded computer case and internal frame by way
of the housewiring ground, the round pin on the end of the cord which
plugs into the power outlet in the wall, instead of causing your
computer to reboot. Small inexpensive plug-in test units which will
display wiring errors in the house AC lines are widely available. They
indicate with small lights on the unit when the wiring is correct or
needs to be changed.
 I have never seen a system that could be caused to reboot because of
static electricity, and such an extreme case leads me to believe that
you do not have a proper AC power ground, so instead of going into the
AC ground, the static is going into the computer circuitry. Housewiring
errors are fairly common, and can cause hazards to people as well as
equipment.

Dick Carroll




> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al-Torath Int. Trading Est." <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:21 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Re-Boot
>
> Hellow Friends
> I am facing a strange problem. During working often I have to leave my seat
> while  my PC running, when I come back and touch mouse suddenly  I feel
> electric shock and system is also automatically rebooted with that shock. I
> face this problem more than one time every day.  I am unable to  understand
> that  from where comes this current to shock me and why/How PC is rebooted
> at same time without touching any part of it ? Is there any solution ?
> Thanks in advance
>
> Murtaza Malik

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