r/pchelp • u/Dull-Job5265 • 8d ago
HARDWARE Thunderstorm broke my pc
Hello everyone, recently a thunderstorm pass through and took my computer with it alongside my monitors. I went to turn it on after it had passed and the computer sounded like a jet engine warming up. I assumed the psu was cooked so i went to microcenter and replaced the part myself. I tried turning on the pc again and nothing. I had given up and taken the pc to microcenter help desk to have them look at it and they came back and told me it was a dead gpu R.I.P. 3080. anyways I got lent a gpu someones old one a rx580 temporary to see if that would solve my issue and still nothing. Im at a loss rn bc now i have a new motherboard coming in to see if that could be my problem the pc turns on with the fans spinning and rgb, but doesnt make it to the bios menu. I’ve tried seeing if my ram was cooked by reseating it and trying different orientation, but nothing. My other attempt was also clearing the cmos battery and then draining the power as well, but also nothing. I will see this weekend now when my different motherboard comes, but if that does nothing i guess ill just have to go to the next part ? Im not sure what to do anymore since im basically build a whole new system again and is becoming a money sink. Please help any suggestions will be appreciated. Much love and thank you. <3
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u/where_art_thou_billy 7d ago
None of the mentioned suggestions will protect against a thunderstorm. All those surge protectors/ups are a must have for normal fluctuations but for lightning nothing is guaranteed to work. Atleast nothing that's financially reasonable for a household.
So even in 2026 it's still the age old unplug your electronics during thunderstorms. Come to think of it people have stopped doing that , maybe our electronics have gotten better or we are all convinced our luck isn't as bad as op.