Advice needed regarding massive system F***

K,?So I wanted to install a new fan on gladys, my machine. I built her in september and she's worked fine since then till now. When i opened her up, i realised that i'd not plugged in certain lights from the front of my case etc, so to do this i took out the the two graphics cards and my Platinum sound card and kept them on a static bag whilst i plugged everything in. After assembling everything again and turning her on, The graphics card was showing vertical dashes and dots all over teh screen, eventually crashing; One card down. After testing the card to make sure it wasn't a driver issue, I then swapped it with the other card and removed the busted one. After 3 days, my X-Fi has now started making a high pitched whining as soon as i start Gladys up. I've done the usual driver re-install etc but to no effect. Now I'm positi've that i grounded myself and everything before i touched gladys' insides, and i didn't use a magnetised screwdriver, so someone please tell me how the hell this happened!?! I'm posting this on all three forums, Creative, Nvidia, and Asus. System Specs below:?AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+Asus A8N32-SLI DeluxeSilverstone 600w SLI power supply2 X Nvidia Geforce 7600GTsX-Fi Platinum2 GB corsair ram?

have you tried disconnecting the lights you plugged in?

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