Ok this sounds quite bad, I'm typing this post on a computer that gives strong electric shocks, living in europe its not 240 volts but it certainly is tingly. You can even get a shock of the body of a charging mobile phone if you mess around to much plugging it in. only the back of the case is affected. the plug sockets in the house are unearthed I could run a cable to the floor I suppose - but then what would happen to my current usage? what could be causing it? do I have to strip it and rebuild?
its a bog standard 400w psu, hiper is the make its in a tsunami dream case( thermatake) and only the rear panel seems to have the issue (the rest is also metal) it has a gtx8800 graphics card and a soudncard but nothing else stuck in the back. very odd - been working for 6 years and now this - have just moved house so something may have had a knock... cant see it though. is it worth picking up a new psu?
old house, european sockets, bless will ahve to strip it down if no other suggestions. anyone know if it will be killing my electricity usage?
It could be a dying PSU. I've received small shocks from the case of a server where the PSU went bang shortly after.
There is no reason a dieing PSU would do that, the small shocks most likely what killed the PSU. If the case becomes, live then damage has occurred causing the earth to fail, over someone has wired the dam case so its live!
