ukballer1012
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At 6:00 am today I was woken up to what I thought was a cannon being blasted off right in front of my window. I went into the other room and my TV was smoking Luckily it was a very old one and wasn't plugged into a surge suppressor, so that's what happens. I'm assuming my house was struck by lightning. Though, what I was really worried about was my computer. The monitor was not responding, even after I hit the space bar and other buttons (it appeared to be in sleep mode, but the power button was staying on and wasn't blinking like it usually does in sleep mode). Also, the mouse and keyboard were on, which worried me so I held the power button down for 3 seconds and it turned off but the keyboard and mouse were still on! So I ended up having to flip the switch off in the back of my PSU off, and that did the trick. Now, I have it plugged into a Belkin 3550 joule surge suppressor that has a $200,000 connected equipment warranty, but I think I have to determine whether or not my system has been damaged or not. Is there a way to professionally tell whether or not it has been damaged, because I'm not going to be able to use that computer knowing it has been damaged, without getting any compensation. Thanks if you read all this and I appreciate the help, thanks.