I am feeling the electricity on the edges my MacBook Pro M3 whenever I connect this to my acer monitor. I use HDMI to connect both and I just wanna know if anybody is experiencing the same with mine. Please let me know what did you do to fix it.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.4
You have some sort of grounding problem either with the home's electrical wiring, or the external display, or possibly an issue between the external display and some other external device which also has its own power source.
You want to make sure all external devices which connect to the electrical outlet are all on the same circuit. Sometimes an two electrical outlets in a room could be on different circuits and it is also possible for an electrical outlet can be wired to two different circuits (the latter is rare).
Try using a grounded AC cord (aka Power Extension Cable) with the laptop's charger.....it will have a third prong for the dedicated ground. Sometimes this will help if the home's electrical wiring has an issue. Unfortunately it seems some regions do not use a dedicated third prong for ground. If the powered devices are connected to a power surge strip, then maybe that power strip is bad. The Duckhead adapter which is provided by default does not include a dedicated ground.
You have some sort of grounding problem either with the home's electrical wiring, or the external display, or possibly an issue between the external display and some other external device which also has its own power source.
You want to make sure all external devices which connect to the electrical outlet are all on the same circuit. Sometimes an two electrical outlets in a room could be on different circuits and it is also possible for an electrical outlet can be wired to two different circuits (the latter is rare).
Try using a grounded AC cord (aka Power Extension Cable) with the laptop's charger.....it will have a third prong for the dedicated ground. Sometimes this will help if the home's electrical wiring has an issue. Unfortunately it seems some regions do not use a dedicated third prong for ground. If the powered devices are connected to a power surge strip, then maybe that power strip is bad. The Duckhead adapter which is provided by default does not include a dedicated ground.
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