Did lightning strike my computer?

[beedubaya]

The guy at my local computer store proved that the PSU is bad. Hopefully installing a new one will fix it. He said the mobo showed no signs of damage.

 

[Monster00]

Rofl thats so weird.. you guys are gonna think this is a lie but its not. We had a bad bad thunderstorm a few weeks ago. i guess lightning stuck a powerline or somthing and i swear to god, lightning came out of my speaker like i could see it liek flash out of one of my speakers.. It was nuts i got sooo scared lol. Good thing i have a wireless mouse and keyboard or else i may of gotten shocked

 

[Jarmizz]

Wow Monster00 that is scary, Did it fry your speakers and/ or your computer. I think that the PSU is fried and its just not producing enough power to power everything up..

James

 

[Monster00]

no that was the weird thing... i was playing a game at the time and my speakers were fine..

 

[beedubaya]

I replaced the power supply and still no computer. I took it into a repair shop and found out the mobo is damaged. So I guess thats it for that computer. Its an HP, so it would be less work to just build a new one than to try to change out the mobo.

 

[ThePCmaN]

lmao... Monster00, "good thing u have a wireless keyboard n mouse" thats a funny one to me.. i guess it was a good thing!! lol

beedubaya - i think it might have fried some other parts too.. did u check all ur parts.. harddrive, CPU, everything.. cuz that sounds kinda weird!

 

[beedubaya]

I don't have extra hdds, cpus, and memory to check. It would be less trouble to build a new one, which I am going to do for my family. HP's suck anyway, so I don't want to put more money into this than I absolutely have to.

 

[jolancer]

2.- to beedubaya- didnt he say the computer was off durring the storm? theres no way ur comp can get fried wen its off.... unless mayb, just mayb.. your ina old house(1800s/early1900s) sorta like i am, except without the wirering upto date. u know the wiring, were instead of grounding threw a breaker just starts frying instead... so it grounded threw ur comp instead lol



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[jolancer]

u shur its not just the power switch that mayb broke? unrelated to the storm.

 

[beedubaya]

Yea, I am in an old 1900s farm house - the reason I can't get cable or dsl. There is a good chance thats what happened.