PC reboots if someone walk by

Dwarf said:

It's worth a try, but no guarantees. I must admit that I am a little bit stumped by this as it is a most unusual problem.

I am well aware of that. I want to have the part around anyway.

Jonathan_King said:

Dwarf has asked us for more help, so let me throw in my suggestions. First, try reading these links.
pc reboots if i touch the case - VideoHelp.com

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread15060.html

I have read the links.

Remove all hardware from the motherboard. DVD drives, video cards, hard drives, etc.

I have tried this but no avail. The video card could not be removed because the mobo does not have integrated video.

Actually, to make this as fail-proof as possible, remove the motherboard from the case as well.

I assembled the hardware system without using any case and installed the W7. After confirming everything was working fine, it was moved into the case.

The following is what I have determined :
1. Discharge of static electricity is cause of the problem not loose wire or intermittent connection, etc.
2. Discharge of static electricity into the reset cable only causes the rebooting problem. There are many cables and wire strands including the reset wire that are bundled together and neatly routed in the case(done by case vendor) but as long as the reset wire is unplugged from the mobo, the resetting does not happen.
If a separate strand for the reset wires as shown below is used, then discharging static electricity into the top plastic piece of the case does not cause resetting, but if the discharging is done into somewhere in the twisted strand, then resetting happens.
The problem seems to be that the reset wire's switch side end is held by a plastic piece. If this is made of metallic material and is integral part of the steel case, the problem would not happen.

Darryl Licht said:

Have you tried the on off switch in place of the reset switch... they are the same except a reset is a momentary switch... while on off is a regular switch. This might help show if it is just a bad/shorted reset sw... You can turn on system by using a spare jumper and shorting the on/off switch pin header on mobo.

The switch as shown in the picture on my previous post is a spare switch not the one which came with the case. It did not have any effect on the problem.

Darryl Licht said:

If I had the same issue... works fine outside case... doesnt work in case... I'd have to try a different case.

As I already stated in my earlier post, that will most probably solve the problem. But I would rather remove the reset switch instead.

OR...you have one of those new coolermasters I see from the photos... painted or powdercoated in and out.... hmmm I wonder if it is a ground issue due to that paint???

Yes, it IS a ground issue, but not due to the paint but due to the plastic part used for the case as stated in my previous post.
The case is CM STORM(SGC-2000-KKN1-GP) and the part assembly on the top side of the case is made of plastic material which holds switches(pwr,reset), LEDs, connectors(eSata, usbs) on ends of the cables and the wire strands running from the mobo.