Computer Seems to be tripping the electrinc at home

[RobCharles1981]

Hey All I'm wondering if you can help me with this odd problem here?

My Computer Specs are very decent

I5 750, 4 Gig Of Ram, R90 Graphics and a Corsair 650 watt PSU. Win 7 64 bit

Now a few days ago I'm experiencing an issue when I goto shut down my computer for the night as you do in Windows 7, once my Computer has officially shut down, I switch it off at the mains which for some or know reason has started to trip the electric in my house! And I'm also using a surge protector too, so I have to pop downstairs to reset the power trip and all seems well.

Then unknown to me when I'm asleep the electric will go off!!! So my Dad has to go down in the middle of the night to reset the power again!

Which is driving us around the bend!

I've added nothing of interest to my computer, except very recently replaced my Computer Speakers with Logitech Z533 Performance Speakers

Now my folks Claim that I'm "Shutting down my Computer too soon" which is false the computer is officially off when the tower shuts down.

Any Electrical experts know what is going on here?

Thanks for any input

Rob

[Compton]

have you tried using the computer at a next power outlet?

did you get an electrician to check the wiring?

[Timster]

When your power trips at your breaker box one of 2 things is happening.

1. To much current is being pulled from that circuit.
2. There is a short in the circuit.

The fact that this happens AFTER you shut down your computer it is highly unlikely that too much current is being pulled.
I would suspect a fault in the surge protector.

Try this... After shutting down your computer for the night unplug the surge protector from the outlet and see if your power trips again. This will help narrow some things down.

[Britec]

Modern day electric fuse boards will trip if there is faulty hardware. So its possible a peace of hardware on your computer could be causing the tripping, we had a iron that kept tripping the breaker, so we replace the iron and tripping stopped.