- Feb 24, 2018
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Hello,
Yesterday, my PC was working just fine. Today, after a storm, it does not power on while connected to the motherboard.
Overnight, my family was woken up by a very near lightning strike, but I was not, as I am downstairs and a heavy sleeper. I wake up this morning to find that the internet is out. I go upstairs to see what was up with our 2 routers (1 AT&T and 1 local service), and the AT&T one only has the HomePNA light on and the local service (Mediacom) does not have any lights on. Some time later I go downstairs to power my computer on, and nothing happens. I tried all the different simple ways of troubleshooting this (different outlet, different cord), but nothing gives. After some research, I find the paperclip test. I try this test and the fans power on normally, showing the power supply is fine. I reset the CMOS by removing the battery, and nothing. It is not a faulty power button, either.
Could it be possible that there was a lightning strike that knocked both routers and my motherboard out by striking the data cables (and travelling through the Ethernet cable to my motherboard)? And if so, how likely is it for other components to be damaged? I have not tested other components individually.
Specs:
Seasonic SS-520GB Active PFC F3 power supply
Nvidia Gigabyte GTX 1070 graphics card
Intel i7 8700 GPU
Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 motherboard
2x 8gb g.skill ripjaws ddr4 RAM
Thank you so, so much for reading this far, it really means alot.
Yesterday, my PC was working just fine. Today, after a storm, it does not power on while connected to the motherboard.
Overnight, my family was woken up by a very near lightning strike, but I was not, as I am downstairs and a heavy sleeper. I wake up this morning to find that the internet is out. I go upstairs to see what was up with our 2 routers (1 AT&T and 1 local service), and the AT&T one only has the HomePNA light on and the local service (Mediacom) does not have any lights on. Some time later I go downstairs to power my computer on, and nothing happens. I tried all the different simple ways of troubleshooting this (different outlet, different cord), but nothing gives. After some research, I find the paperclip test. I try this test and the fans power on normally, showing the power supply is fine. I reset the CMOS by removing the battery, and nothing. It is not a faulty power button, either.
Could it be possible that there was a lightning strike that knocked both routers and my motherboard out by striking the data cables (and travelling through the Ethernet cable to my motherboard)? And if so, how likely is it for other components to be damaged? I have not tested other components individually.
Specs:
Seasonic SS-520GB Active PFC F3 power supply
Nvidia Gigabyte GTX 1070 graphics card
Intel i7 8700 GPU
Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 motherboard
2x 8gb g.skill ripjaws ddr4 RAM
Thank you so, so much for reading this far, it really means alot.
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