Mobo and electic troubles after a storm, looking for advises.

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Hello Boyzs,


Alright, I messed up. During a storm, I did reset the house power with the comp pluged straight in the wall and psu turned on. Ho, and I did it about three times. I know ... I know.

Now, I basically can't turn on the compu if it's not disconected from a power source for a good 30min, and even doing so doesn't make it a sure start. The board lights up when I plug a power source, even if it won't start.

So first question is ... : Mobo or Psu ? Wich one is the faulty one ?

>>> Bring it to a qualified person and stop craping stuff up you window leaker.
It's kinda hard around here, and the local shop isn't really bad but I don't thrust them. They haven't been able to do anything about this.

Alternatively, I'm starting to be worried for the rest of the components, and so I'm looking for a replacement mobo for the time I'd process the rma.

Second question : Good bang for buck MB for these components ?

Here is the full system, I mostly play / brows net, no editing or real work, yet.

MB - Rampage iv Black ed
Psu - Seasonic SS-1050XM ATX 1050 Power Supply

Proc - 4930k intell
Ram - 32Go Corsaire Vengeance pro 2133mhz
GPU - Geforce 780 ti x2
Mem - Samsung evo 840 ssd x2 + WD black 1T


Thanks for your time, kiss with love. Heav.
 
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If your computer turns on as soon as you plug it in thats a dead give away of a dead motherboard. Normally when your computer is plugged in it should be off because the only way to start the computer is to complete the connection between the ground and power headers on your front panel connectors (which is why you can turn a computer on with a screwdriver or other conductive metals). But when your mobo gets fried, there isnt a way for the motherboard to properly regulate and control the electricity so instead of the completed circuit starting the board, the electricity just flows through the board powering up all your parts. But since its fried there is no logic so nothing will work. So to me it sounds like its fried. When a psu fries...
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If your computer turns on as soon as you plug it in thats a dead give away of a dead motherboard. Normally when your computer is plugged in it should be off because the only way to start the computer is to complete the connection between the ground and power headers on your front panel connectors (which is why you can turn a computer on with a screwdriver or other conductive metals). But when your mobo gets fried, there isnt a way for the motherboard to properly regulate and control the electricity so instead of the completed circuit starting the board, the electricity just flows through the board powering up all your parts. But since its fried there is no logic so nothing will work. So to me it sounds like its fried. When a psu fries (in my experiance) Nothing works, no power, no anything. As for a new motherboad, Honostly unless your looking for one with alot of features, just look for one with the right specifications for your current parts and future upgrades, unless your gonna buy a new cpu. I would find a way to test your parts b ecause a power surge that fried your mobo might have a chance of effecting other components but i dont know. Good luck.
 
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Alright, so It was the PSU. The symptomes were :

Computer motherboard would light up, but pressing the On switch would not get any reaction.
To get a reaction, you'd have to disconect the PSU cable from the wall, wait for about 30min and then connect it back.
You then had about 1/3 chance to get the Pc going. If not, go again for 30min / 1h.

If someone can copy pasta so that I can green the post. ty.
 
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