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I have two monitors in my machine. One is an old LCS samsung monitor. Recently, I started to hear a small hum in my speakers (subwoofer) and replaced them. The new one also got the issues then I found our that its a grounding issue. I unplugged the PC's power chord. The monitor is still switched on. When I checked, there's current in the earth pin (ground pin). When I unplug the monitor, there's no current and the speaker is normal. Now, I have moved that monitor to my dad's machine and took his monitor.

My question is, is it a big issues? The house's earthing system is working and its grounding the current. I won't feel it if I touch the machine like in many other cases.

  • But still, is it good to keep that monitor attached to my machine?

  • Can it harm the computer?

  • What should I do?

wonea
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The most likely issue is that one of the transformers in the monitor has bad insulation and is leaking voltage through to the grounding. I would guess the breakdown of the insulation will get worse, not better and more voltage/current will leak. Depending on what the voltages are, it could get dangerous.

Theoretically, since the voltage is being drained by the ground, it is changing the reference to ground so from the computer's point of view is that it appears as through you are experiencing a voltage drop. (The incoming voltage isn't referencing itself to zero ground, but a higher than zero ground) This could overheat the system and damage it. Hard to say exactly what will happen - depends on voltage leaking, whether it gets worse... Regardless, you know you have a voltage leak. Sad to say, safer to replace.

Blackbeagle
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