The surge might have damaged the motherboard.

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ajpate
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07-17-2016, 04:59 PM

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I accidentally left my PC running while formatting a hard drive during a thunderstorm. Suddenly there was a loud pop and it stopped working. I checked the PC and saw it was off. I thought the sound came from the power supply unit, so I unplugged it and took out the PSU. I looked at the motherboard for any damage but found nothing. I connected a different 250-watt PSU, but it didn’t power on. Could my motherboard be damaged? It seems my CPU and RAM might be faulty. I managed to save the components, and the GPU and HDD worked fine. However, my USB Wi-Fi dongle was broken—it overheated and melted the port when I tried to use it in another computer. I can’t test the CPU or RAM now.

System Specs: Core i7 870, 8GB DDR3, dual channel, 500GB, Seagate Sata HDD GTX 1050TI

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vikkiii
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07-17-2016, 05:28 PM

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Is it on the back of the PCB or could it have knocked the CPU out, maybe even the GPU? Who knows.