fried pc...or not?

[cracked]

hey guys. my uncle just bought a new pc. he said his old one got fried by lightning. he said that the monitor speakers kb everything got fried. but he doesnt know a lot about hardware and he had it on a surge protector. i havent had a chance to look at it yet, but what are the chances that EVERYTHING actually got fried? and not just some vital part to allow it to not work?

drew

[Omardeth]

with out knows what happened can't really say to be honost

[Xeroid]

Lightening hit my cousins Dell. It took out the mobo and modem. The processor, power supply, fan, and drives were not damaged.

Mike

[JPMiller]

yes... not really answerable but if I were to take a stab at it I would guess not everything is fried....?

[Xeroid]

What I did was take out each component and test them in a known good system. I used an old 440bx system that I no longer use. I didn't know if the processor was OK until Dell sent him the new mobo.