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I have an acer aspire 1355xv that is coming towards the end of its useful life, but remains my only machine until I get the replacement.<br />
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Recently, I have started to notice that I get small electric shocks (I don't think they're static) when I touch metallic parts of the machine, like the ethernet port, headpone jack and even USB ports on the attached hub (not that I intentionally touch the ports, but as I attach/detach things a lot, it can happen!).<br />
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This does not seem right and clearly something is needing to get to ground. &nbsp;As I understand it, most laptop PSUs are not earthed, although mine does have 3 prongs to the PSU unit and is behind a surge protector.<br />
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If anyone has any suggestions what might be causing this or potential solutions, I'd greatly appreciate it.<br />
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Thanks in anticipation<br />
Brian
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I have an acer aspire 1355xv that is coming towards the end of its useful life, but remains my only machine until I get the replacement.

Recently, I have started to notice that I get small electric shocks (I don't think they're static) when I touch metallic parts of the machine, like the ethernet port, headpone jack and even USB ports on the attached hub (not that I intentionally touch the ports, but as I attach/detach things a lot, it can happen!).

This does not seem right and clearly something is needing to get to ground.  As I understand it, most laptop PSUs are not earthed, although mine does have 3 prongs to the PSU unit and is behind a surge protector.

If anyone has any suggestions what might be causing this or potential solutions, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in anticipation
Brian

Electric shocks from Acer laptop - what can I do?

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