PC reboots if someone walk by

I haven't read the whole thread yet but like a challenge!

So when someone walks past - PC does ?!?!?

(This is near "Poltergeist level") Is it possible when their bodyweight pressure pushes down on a floorboard, a nail is contacting an electrical wire causing "poltergeist" 'activity' in the wiring?

Have you used the PC in another room yet? Sorry if already discussed.

Dwarf said:

Is it possible to have a shot of the inside of the case showing where the switches are mounted with the switches in situ? I need to be able to see the back of the switches clearly.

Attached as below is the front panel. Do you mean you want to see the back side of this panel? I wanted to do just that but could not figure out how to.
Please note that everything including reset SW, pwr SW, LEDs, Auido, eSATA and USBs are working fine except the rebooting problem.

neo101 said:

So when someone walks past - PC does ?!?!?

Yes, my PC does reboots. My theory is that if anyone who has static electricity built up in his/her body walks by the the machine the electricity is discharged into the machine and that triggers the rebooting(resetting).

Have you used the PC in another room yet? Sorry if already discussed.

AC wiring in the house has been checked and found OK as has been posted already.

Darryl Licht said:

churin said:

Darryl Licht said:

I advocate you try sandpaper, star washers, or similar around ALL grounding points... mobo standoffs, psu, switch mounting screws, etc. I bet the paint or powdercoated interior is the issue somewhere, this isnt a very old case and may it be an issue.

I would think the reasoning behind this suggestion must be that the mobo may not be adequately grounded to the case. However, doesn't the the result of the test suggested by Lava King prove otherwise?

Could be a ground issue anywhere in the case... Again, you said it works fine outside the case.

When I tested the system outside the case there were no cables for reset sw, pwr sw, LED, USBs, etc. that are connected to the mobo.
I have almost determined that the cause of the problem is that the ground sides of all those cables and wires run to the front panel(see picture in earlier post) are not grounded directly to the metallic part of the case. This is because the front panel is made of electrically non-conductive plastic material.

Dwarf said:

churin said:

Dwarf said:

Is it possible to have a shot of the inside of the case showing where the switches are mounted with the switches in situ? I need to be able to see the back of the switches clearly.

Attached as below is the front panel. Do you mean you want to see the back side of this panel? I wanted to do just that but could not figure out how to.
Please note that everything including reset SW, pwr SW, LEDs, Auido, eSATA and USBs are working fine except the rebooting problem.

Thanks. Yes, it was the rear of that panel that I wanted. I wanted to see if there was any way to electrically screen it.

I removed several screws but the plastic assembly was still firmly attached to the case so I quit there. I would rather get rid of the reset functionality than risk damaging the case.

Lava King said:

Does the reboot occur if you build up static and then touch the metal case?

No, it does not as already stated elsewhere in this thread.

In my opinion, the voltage spike created by the static discharge will "race" down the common wire, inducing a voltage on the signal wires.

I agree. This is because the front panel is plastic piece.
On the other hand, I am not sure the case vendor is entirely at fault for this problem. The design of this particular mobo may be just too sensitive to such noise interference.