Computer wont boot

littlec

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Hey there. I need some help and hopefully someone here can help me.

Here is the problem...
Computer will not boot in any way. It wont even make it to POST. The screen is stays off and the hard drives do no reading at all. Now the computer has been working fine for about a year. I have had problems here and there but overall nothing is wrong with it.

Now we had a pretty bad storm earlier today when i was at work and apparently we lost power. Im assuming this has something to do with it. My computer is plugged into a surge protector but my family did say there was a surge to the house. Everything else in the house is fine except my computer.

What kind of damage can a surge do? Im hoping its just the power supply I might have to replace. Or could more damage have been done?

Im running...
Biostar Tforce 965PT with a 1.8 ghz dual core intel processor
BFG 8800gt
1 Sata 320gb hard drive.

So as far as power goes...I really dont remember what the output of my power supply is but its been running fine for like i said about a year.

But yeah think the surge screwed my computer up?

thanks for any help you guys can provide. I really appreciate it.
 
If a power spike makes it through the PSU it can damage anything connected to it.
You may be lucky if only on the PSU has failed.

Its fastest to test each component in a spare PC.
 
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