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Dead GPU and PSU

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Hey guys, I’m kind of freaking out atm. A huge typhoon swept over the area a couple days ago and I unplugged the power strips that my pc, monitors and perypherals were connected to. (I slept through the storm but my flatmate says there was no lightning) 

The next morning I plugged the power strips back into the wall socket, tried to tirn my pc on, saw a spark in the chassis accompanied by a loud pop (similar to a light bulb fusing out) and the pc went dead. 
Tried to turn it on again, nothing so I swapped to my older psu and the pc powered on but the monitors both displayed an error message saying theyre receiving no signal (my on board graphics are turned off they were interfering with the card)

The pc ended up in a repair shop where they determined the only parts that failed were the EVGA PSU and my 1080ti but the motherboard is fine and so is everything else connected only to that.

What could have caused this? Faulty PSU? Or should I be suspecting the outlet or the wiring in the apartment? We’ve been living here for 8+ years and nothing like this has happened. All other stuff connected to the power strip also seems to be ok. Any ideas? :/ I’m legit scared to plug in my newly rebuilt rig now

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Something like this might help you:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000107638572.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.ddb74c4dH9z4pL

Or you can take a multimeter and check if you know how, or ask an electrician.

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20 hours ago, 191x7 said:

Something like this might help you:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000107638572.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.ddb74c4dH9z4pL

Or you can take a multimeter and check if you know how, or ask an electrician.

Tbh I have not clue about electricity... ended up asking an electrician to come and check it out. He will be here tomorrow, hope he knows what he’s doing 

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