I'm so confused here and sorry for the long lead up to story....
Last NIGHT LIGHTNING hit a tree in our YARD that had a running line for the dog hooked in the tree that also led to the garage which was plugged into the house, so the lightning hit the outlet that the garage was plugged into (not the outlet that the computer was plugged into)
The computer was off at the time of this incident and I was on it earlier that morning and everything was fine then. My monitor, modem, cpu, printer, and speakers were all plugged into the same surge protector. After the lightening hit everything else was working except for the cpu. It will turn on but nothing is coming up on the monitor ( I have tried two other monitors to make SURE it was not the monitor). The surge protector did not trip when hit and everything else was fine...sooooo what is going on..where do I even start to find out what is wrong??


If it matters I am on a HP Slimline s3300Z series, os windows xp. ask anything else and you can email me directly if needed. [emailprotected]

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Unfortunately the surge protector may not have saved the computer. You probably need to take it to a repair shop.
Borrow a known good PSU (power supply unit ) of the same or greater wattage and swap it in there to see if the PSU took the hit.

Also physically remove the modem before trying this. You may need a NEW modem as well.Folks... always unplug computers from the AC mains and also from phone or cable during stormy weather.
I've thankfully been saved by a few sacrificial modems in the past when i was not at home as the storms rolled thru....
Much cheaper than a new MBoard and CPU so i gave them a proper burial !