You are picking up electrons on your socks/shoes and sending them into your component. You are basically a high voltage source (compared to what you touch) when you touch your system. The current is finding its way to a sensitive part of the circuit and causing problems. What that is I do not know. I would not think that it should be this way and apparently it is some kind of short. You could ground your chassis so the charge moves in another way (of less resistance and this might be a can of worms too) or place something else beside your system and discharge yourself before you touch it or get a humidifier so you don't become an ambulatory high voltage source to begin with. I have the same problem with shopping carts this time of year.
What part of the component do you touch? Have you tried touching different parts of it? Always the same result?
I remain,
Static free and
What part of the component do you touch? Have you tried touching different parts of it? Always the same result?
I remain,
Static free and