no display Home theater PC Fried by thunderstorm

[lowredfred]

Recently there was a thunderstorm in my area and the motherboard on my home theater PC got fried

 

I can confirm this because the computer does not react at all when I attempted to turn it on with the old motherboard but with a new motherboard the fan spin off the lights turn on and it seems to run just fine

 

Except for the fact that no matter how hard I try I can't get a display signal to a monitor

 

I've tried the power supply in another computer and it works fine

 

I've tried the graphics card in another computer and it works fine although a bit buggy but probably its unrelated ( I'm pretty sure it just has to do with one of my monitors being DVI and me needing to set up the monitor configuration before using it the first time)

 

I would very much like some help solving as to why I can't get the display signal

[Jurrunio]

1. Get a surge protector

 

2. A psu that can actually soften the blow

 

3. Maybe try another PCIe slot?

[lowredfred]

Recently I have invested in getting UPS's with surge protection for all of my electronics

 

PSU is an ITX model from Corsair it's very good this is the second one I've gone through although this one still functions as advertised I've tried it out in my second PC

 

I can't seem to get any display from this computer now with a new motherboard it does turn on and all the parts work when I put them in my other computer but when they're in this computer I can't seem to get a display to come out of it

[Ravendarat]

Is it a NEW motherboard or just a different motherboard?

[lowredfred]

1 minute ago, Ravendarat said:

Is it a NEW motherboard or just a different motherboard?

It's just a different motherboard not a brand new one I have a brand new one arriving on Sunday from Amazon though I have used this motherboard before and it has worked

 

The difference between this motherboard in the one I have swapped out for is that the original motherboard no longer allows the system to power on at all

 

Where's this one at least allows fans to spin up

[lowredfred]

2 minutes ago, lowredfred said:

It's just a different motherboard not a brand new one I have a brand new one arriving on Sunday from Amazon though I have used this motherboard before and it has worked

 

The difference between this motherboard in the one I have swapped out for is that the original motherboard no longer allows the system to power on at all

 

Where's this one at least allows fans to spin up

The fans do spin up and down as though it were booting up windows

 

Though I have no display to confirm this

[lowredfred]

Could I be seeing results like this if my boot Drive were killed?