I have 2 PCs and both worked fine up until today. We had a storm and now both will not turn on. I tried a different power cable, a different outlet. I tested the power supply with a tester I have. I unplugged all the drives and removed the PCI cards, basically everything except for the connector to the motherboard and kept the RAM and processor. Nothing. Not a sound or beep. Both computers have a shuttle ak32vn motherboard. Both computers were both plugged into a surge protector . Not sure of any way of seeing if the motherboards still work. Any advice would be appreciated

When the computers plugged in and the power is switche on, open up the case, remove the atx power connector leave it for a second then reconnect it, then press the on button and your computer should boot. It has happened to me many times before.

Well on my computer, -for some strange reason- when ever the power goes out my computer won't turn back on either. I have to flip the power switch on the PSU back and forth a few times and then it'll come on. Maybe yours is the same? And do you use a 56k modem? Was the phone line protected also? Those phone line surges will absolutely ruin a computer even the slightest surge can damage it. Shuttle AN35N-Ultra AMD XP 3000+ 400Mhz FSB 512MB Mushkin DDR400 Evga GeForce FX 5500 256MB DDR Two ATA100 40GB 7200 RPM Hard Drives (A Seagate and a WD) in Raid 0 One WD ATA33 30GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive Lite-On 52327S CD-RW drive Chaintech 7.1 sound card (Via Envy 24 Chip) Koutech ATA133 Raid Card Thermaltake 420W Silent PurePower Symbios

Ralphus. You woulnd't happen to live in North Fulton would you? :-) Storms were pretty bad over here tonight. I unplugged the phone line from the modem. Everything else is jacked through the surge protector. Er... You have a problem buddy. Any surge could have damaged anything. I would initially suspect the power supplies. It's a toughie, it could be any part of the machines.