Recently My computer was plugged directly into the wall when lightning struck near our home. The Power flickered, went off and came back on. Since this occurence my computer has the following symptoms.
It will not boot. All I get is a black sceen. There are no error codes, no beeps, and no signal to the monitor. It will not boot to safe mode or from a CD. I have replaced the power supply and there is no difference. I have checked the monitor and it works on another machine. It will not shut of using the power switch and I have to unplug the power cable to shut it off. It ahs power, the fans are running, There CD ROMS. The CD-RW light comes on for a few seconds and then shuts off. The DVD drive light flashes for a few seconds and then goes off. There is a green light on the mother board that stays on. The hard drive has a SATA connector and I have no other SATA drives. However, I hooked a IDE Hard drive to the connectors for the CD-RW CD ROM as this is what the BIOS appears to check first. There was no change in the behavior. I think it is the motherboard. What do you think? Also when I put the new mother board in. Do I simply plug everything back in and install an operating system. Is that all there is to it or is there more. I guess I will need to configure the BIOS?
Help!