Hit by Lightning!

We've had about 30 days of terrential rain down here in Atlanta (VERY strange) and in the process my computer was struck down by Zeus. I built this box using advice from this forum and need some help in repairing. CPU AMD

go with the a7v600 its for sure compatible

Sorry to here about the loss... With 30 years in the electronics field, I've seen my share of lightning and surge damage. Lightning and surges behave in unexpected ways and do strange things to electronics, sometimes obvious and othertimes not. More times than not, the damage is caused from an inductive surge induced into the system rather than by a direct strike. As mentioned in another post, the lingering effects can hurt you the most. If the motherboard indeed has visible damage, I would replace the entire computer. To help reduce the possibility of this happening again, I would suggest the following: Make sure all interconnected equipment is on the same leg of the incoming AC line. Have a surge protector installed by a licensed electrician at the AC panel protecting both legs. Make sure you have additional surge protection on everything. During a storm, unplug your modem and LAN cables if used. During a storm, if you unplug one piece of gear from AC power, unplug it all. A disconnect box works great for this. Flip the disconnect and everything is isolated from the AC line. Finally, don't use ground lift adapters. Probably not what you want to hear, but I hope this helps... Jack

A disconnect box works great for this. Flip the disconnect and everything is isolated from the AC line. I would say that's the way to go.

For safety reasons I have a shelve on which a whole lot of power connections are mounted, all of them controlled by one single on/off switch. Your post reminds me that I should use it some more, I leave it on in order to keep my mobo's battery charged. Very useful & effective to have one main power switch, prevents stuff like this from happening. I sympatize with you in this situation. Like said before, Asus A7V600 is the way to go considering your other pc parts. Hope that in the end you turn out having a new, killer system. Walther

Ok, now my concern is these "lingering effects." What components are likely to suffer from this and warrant replacing? 002 and Event PS6 monitors plugged into Furman AR-1215 Power Conditioner Toasted computer plugged into surge protector and connected to 002 via firewire DigiDrive connected to same surge protector and linked to 002 via firewire (seems to operate fine on laptop) Should I go through the hassle of making a claim to replace all of this equipment and won't I have to demonstrate the damage. How about some votes (hopefuly with some reasoning) on my course of action. Whether or not I decide to replace the wole box probably seriously depends on whether the processor is fried or not. Will it be visibly damaged or will I just have to test it on a new mobo to know? What does everyone think about the laptop noise in the monitors? Does this seem unusual and warrant replacing of the 002? Thanks everybody!