Recently had a thunderstorm that caused a power outage. The PC was not plugged into a surge protector at the time.
Now when I power it on, I am getting a message from the monitor saying: "DisplayPort NO SIGNAL" , after which the screen goes dark.
The PC was working fine up until the storm.
The monitor DisplayPort cable (which was in use prior to the storm) was connecting the RTX 3070 to the monitor.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Home
GPU: EVGA RTX 3070
PSU: Corsair RMx RM850x 850 watt gold certified power supply
My initial reaction was... "well obviously I had a storm surge and it must have damaged the graphics card since it says there's no signal from the DisplayPort." But the desktop PC itself appears to be starting up, seemingly suggesting the power supply is working. Is it possible the GPU could be damaged but the PSU is somehow undamaged? Seems doubtful to me because whatever power flows to the graphics card would flow through the PSU first, right?
Regardless, the preponderance of evidence makes me think it's the graphics card that's the problem... but strangely, the fancy colored lighting on the GPU is also lighting up, suggesting that the PSU must be delivering power to the graphics card...
I plugged my iPhone into the USB port and the phone gave me the usual pop-up asking me if I wanted to allow the desktop PC that was now connected to it access to its photos. Would it give me that prompt if the PC was not working?
Wondering what my next steps are here.
Now when I power it on, I am getting a message from the monitor saying: "DisplayPort NO SIGNAL" , after which the screen goes dark.
The PC was working fine up until the storm.
The monitor DisplayPort cable (which was in use prior to the storm) was connecting the RTX 3070 to the monitor.
Specs:
OS: Windows 10 Home
GPU: EVGA RTX 3070
PSU: Corsair RMx RM850x 850 watt gold certified power supply
My initial reaction was... "well obviously I had a storm surge and it must have damaged the graphics card since it says there's no signal from the DisplayPort." But the desktop PC itself appears to be starting up, seemingly suggesting the power supply is working. Is it possible the GPU could be damaged but the PSU is somehow undamaged? Seems doubtful to me because whatever power flows to the graphics card would flow through the PSU first, right?
Regardless, the preponderance of evidence makes me think it's the graphics card that's the problem... but strangely, the fancy colored lighting on the GPU is also lighting up, suggesting that the PSU must be delivering power to the graphics card...
I plugged my iPhone into the USB port and the phone gave me the usual pop-up asking me if I wanted to allow the desktop PC that was now connected to it access to its photos. Would it give me that prompt if the PC was not working?
Wondering what my next steps are here.