I have a Dell computer that was damaged via electrical surge, lightning, and there was surge protection. Not all electronics were damaged apparently only the computer and TV the modem survived for some reason. The computer will not start, no lights no noise from within. The power source for the PC was 450 watts. I have a 125 watt power supply that I swapped out for the 450 watt and still nothing happens. Not sure if the lower wattage has anything to do with it not trying to start. I checked the hard drive in my portable device and that still works.
My question is do you think the motherboard is fried? If so do you think the other components are also fried, CPU, MEMORY, ETC. The CPU is a i7-6700k. Is it worth buying another motherboard on the off chance the CPU is still good. This would probably be less than the cost of bringing it somewhere for repair.
I don't know much about the inner workings of a computer but willing to give it a go if not to pricy.
Any advice would be appreciated.
My question is do you think the motherboard is fried? If so do you think the other components are also fried, CPU, MEMORY, ETC. The CPU is a i7-6700k. Is it worth buying another motherboard on the off chance the CPU is still good. This would probably be less than the cost of bringing it somewhere for repair.
I don't know much about the inner workings of a computer but willing to give it a go if not to pricy.
Any advice would be appreciated.