markinmexico

Hey guys, I am hoping that someone can help me out. I just got a new CPU a couple of months ago, and unfortunately lightning struck just outside the house last week, and blew my motherboard and my power source (sparks and smoke came out of the back).

I got a new motherboard put in (MSI 69n6gm series) and a new power source (the old one was 220 watts, this one is 250), but I am still having problems.

What will happen is that the computer will turn on, go to screen that says that windows did not start properly due to hardware changes etc etc, and it gives me the option to start in safe modes or normally. the first few times that i tried to start it normally, the whole thing just shut down. finally I waited until the 30 second countdown ended, and it started up ok... i thought that was wierd, but I could use the comp.

next thing that happened is that the computer shut down in the middle of operations, and when i tried to start it up again, it said that the boot disc was bad, install another one and try again. I opened it up, played with the cables and it started working again...but the same was as the first time.

now it wont start up, it only goes to the windows did not start screen, and anytime that I try to either wait or start windows in any mode, it just turns off.

My question is this: is the new motherboard malfunctioning, is it possible that the hard drive sustained damage, and now is sending some sort of signal to the comp to shut down, or is the new wattage of the power source causing some sort of problem......or the most likely possiblity is that I have no friggin clue what the problem is.

I would really appreciate any help that you guys could give me

Mark