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Motherboard won't post after electrical storm

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026536 views
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An electrical storm hit earlier and has taken out my phone line, router and a PC. Both PC and router were plugged into a surge protector. The PC no longer POSTs. I've swapped out the PSU to no effect, it does power on it just doesn't beep. I removed the RAM and powered it on, at which point it star…

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Fix for: Motherboard won't post after electrical storm

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Without any RAM installed the computer will not boot. The beeps you hear is probably the MB complaining that it can't find any RAM and refusing to continue. This means: The MB is not completely dead. It may be the RAM is dead, but it could also be t…

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