Question Lighting Strike damaged my PC

[Gamersophy]

A lighting strike yesterday damaged my PC. The surge protector did not help it seems. PC boots up and i even hear it get to the windows menu but no signal goes to the monitors. Both monitors are on but say no signal on the screen. I tried a different PSU but same issue. I currently use the AMD 5600G CPU with onboard GPU and MSI MB. Any idea what part is damaged and needs replacing?
Thanks in Advance
Sophie

 

[KingLoki]

Can you get a graphics card you can plug into mobo to try?

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec? include brand and model of the psu

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Very likely that everything that's hooked to your PSU might've fried after that lightning strike.

You should start stripping the innards and then breadboard, then test each individual part with known working hardware. Chances are the system might show signs of life now, but over time will fade away.

Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.

 

[Gamersophy]

PC is 1 year old.
Seasonic GX-550 PSU
MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
AMD 5600G (using the onboard graphics so no external card)
Corsair DDR4 64GB
Samsung 980 Pro SSD 1TB

 

[KingLoki]

Can you get a graphics card you can plug into mobo to try?

 

[USAFRet]

A lighting strike yesterday damaged my PC. The surge protector did not help it seems. PC boots up and i even hear it get to the windows menu but no signal goes to the monitors. Both monitors are on but say no signal on the screen. I tried a different PSU but same issue. I currently use the AMD 5600G CPU with onboard GPU and MSI MB. Any idea what part is damaged and needs replacing?
Thanks in Advance
Sophie

It could be anything.
The cable, the port on either the GPU or monitor, or the GPU itself.

 

[Gamersophy]

Can you get a graphics card you can plug into mobo to try?

I can buy a cheap card from amazon but thats why i thought i would ask here to try narrow it down before buying the wrong parts and they don't fix the issue. Otherwise i need to buy every single part and troubleshoot it that way.

 

[KingLoki]

You could try booting with just one monitor at a time, using both ports individually.

 

[drivinfast247]

Try a different monitor.

 

[Gamersophy]

It could be anything.
The cable, the port on either the GPU or monitor, or the GPU itself.

The second monitor i tried was an old 1 i had in the garage. So the monitor and cable works fine it seems. The GPU is built into the AMD chip. so no standalone GPU

 

[USAFRet]

I can buy a cheap card from amazon but thats why i thought i would ask here to try narrow it down before buying the wrong parts and they don't fix the issue. Otherwise i need to buy every single part and troubleshoot it that way.

I had a strike a couple of years ago. The after effects and fail modes were varied and totally unpredictable.

 

[stonecarver]

PC boots up and i even hear it get to the windows menu but no signal goes to the monitors.

Can you get a graphics card you can plug into mobo to try?

At this point the PC has simi life. I would buy or prefer borrow a GPU like KingLoki suggested.

You have already said the PC does boot but no video output.

If it's in the motherboard video port that's the issue a GPU would bypass the damage and life goes on.

The second monitor i tried was an old 1 i had in the garage. So the monitor and cable works fine it seems. The GPU is built into the AMD chip. so no standalone GPU

Do you have a TV as a third place to verify the motherboards video output works.

 

[stuff and nonesense]

Assuming you get the PC back up and working a lightning strike close enough to affect your system is likely to have damaged and if not to the point of failure degraded components.

I’d start saving for a replacement PC and make sure any/all data you want to keep is safe, external drive, thumb drive.. take a backup and keep it safe.