Is my system fried? Help!

wcoates16

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Ok so to start off, my specs.
i5-3570K
AsRock z77 extreme4
HX650 650watt psu
WD black 1tb
Evga gtx670ftw
Win7 home premium

So... Last night there was a decently sized storm with lots of lightning. There was one strike that sounded like it hit the pool in my backyard and my power went out for around 7 seconds. I was just browsing the internet while this happened on my rig. Keep in mind I do have a surge protector. It was late so, I didn't turn it back on just went to bed. The next day here I am trying to turn my computer on when I get the black screen that has two options: Launch startup repair, launch windows normally. As I knew what happened I launces windows normally and waited for it to boot. While on the windows boot logo I see it flash to a blue screen and says clearing memory procession to count to 100. After that screen it launches to the mobo startup screen and back to the black with 2 options. I click startup repair and let it do it's thing. I wait until it's finished and try to boot again. The same thing happens. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
 
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Start your system with only your CPU and one stick of RAM installed.

Be sure to test each stick in each slot to find out if your RAM is ok. If possible you can just use other known good RAM to avoid this step.

If your RAM starts normal then plug in your HDD only and test the boot process.

Try checking the mobo in-depth for any blown capacitors

Perhaps running checkdisk manually from repair could do the trick

John Bauer

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Well I can tell you one thing, I was hit pretty hard last night too, and we got about 5 inches of rain.

Only difference is I turned my computer off before the storm got bad, so I hope you learn to do the same.

Now to help you, it's possible that yes, it may be fried. More likely however, is that your everything HDD was corrupted after the shock.
 

jackson1420

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Start your system with only your CPU and one stick of RAM installed.

Be sure to test each stick in each slot to find out if your RAM is ok. If possible you can just use other known good RAM to avoid this step.

If your RAM starts normal then plug in your HDD only and test the boot process.

Try checking the mobo in-depth for any blown capacitors

Perhaps running checkdisk manually from repair could do the trick
 
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