Question A couple replacement parts

[Kylesussenbach]

My computer just died (lightning).

I'm hoping it's just a psu or mobo.

I'm wanting to buy an updated PSU and mobo and hope that I don't need more than that.

I just bought a 600w PSU (afaik those are pretty standard).

But I want to make sure a new mobo I get is compatible with what I already have:
Intel Core i5-6600 Skylake Processor 3.3GHz 8.0GT/s 6MB LGA 1151 CPU, Retail I5-6600BOX

1 Asus H170 PRO GAMING LGA1151/ Intel H170/ DDR4/ Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.1/ M.2&SATA Express/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

 

[Lutfij]

I just bought a 600w PSU (afaik those are pretty standard).
Wattage isn't the only thing you look at when shopping around for a PSU. What is the make and model of your PSU?

The processor will work that board. Just an FYI, if your PC was taken out during a lightning strike, then chances are that the rest of your parts might've been compromised.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Did you try resetting the protections on the system by unplugging it from the wall, flipping the switch on the PSU to the "0" position and removing the CMOS battery for five minutes, then reinstalling the CMOS battery, plugging the PSU back in to the wall socket (Which is where it SHOULD be plugged in, not to a power strip or "surge protector", unless it is a high end industrial type surge protector that ACTUALLY offers SOME protection.), then flipping the PSU switch back to the on position and trying to power up the machine?

If you tried that, and got nothing, then I'd take it one step at a time.

First step would be to test the PSU with a paper clip as follows.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixcWCrYpw3Y



And if it passes that, then test it with a volt or multimeter.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7YMUcMjbw



If it does not pass either of those tests, then replacing the PSU would be a good place to start before you start shelling out money on a bunch of parts you might not need, but you should also keep in mind that if you took a direct strike or even one that was just fairly near to your home, there is every chance that even with a properly earthed/grounded household electrical circuit and any kind of whole house breaker, or surge protection, that the whole system might well be toast.

And you can pretty much forget about buying a new motherboard for that Skylake system as new boards for the chipsets that support that CPU which are the 6th and 7th gen Z170, Z270, H170, H270, B150 and B250 (Plus some other cheap business class chipsets) haven't been sold in MANY years, so you will have to either find a used one that you think you can trust or find what is likely to be very expensive New Old Stock that somebody has been holding on to hoping to sell to somebody like you at outrageous prices.