Computer Freezing: Solved?

Yeah so......

I dunno what exactly was going on with my computer but I think I got a pretty good idea. I think it was freezing due to static electricity. Yeah, I know... weird. Here's how I figured it out.

I have a wood shelf it sits on. It's on the bottom shelf, with the top shelf protecting it from cats. (Seriously, my cats would be hopin' all over it without the shelf there.) Originally I had the computer closer to the edge of the shelf, so that it was easier to press the on switch and so forth. I noticed that when I went near the computer with my hand, it would shut off. When the cats walked past it, it would shut off or do that weird freezing thing.

So I thought "Is the computer too close to the carpet?" And I moved it farther back. Maybe 5 inches back. And now... no problems. It doesn't freeze, or randomly shut off when I go to touch it.

Hnnnnnn.... I wish I'd figured this out prior to exchanging GPUs. I really do NOT feel like taking it apart again and putting the 9600GT back in. So for now I'm using my ATI 3850.

Sighs... I'm wondering how many people are having this problem due to static? It's weird problem to have and I wonder if it's mostly due to the design of my case. (Apevia XQpack2)