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I am new here, so let me first tell you my pc stats...
6024 US 6000 series, Pentium 4 1.8 GHz, 512MB PC2100 DDR TSM, 80GB Ultra DMA, 64MB nVidia GeForce2 MX Graphics Card, 10/100 Ethernet, etc...
It was working fine the day before; it was fine. The next day I tried to turn it on, but the monitor said that there wasn't a signal. The computer's status light is working; it looks and sounds like it is on, but the whole entire time, the monitor is saying no signal. There was a storm the night before it wouldn't work. Believe it or not, it blew my battery back up...in which my computer was plugged. Fire shot out of it and I wonder if that had anything to do to my computer. I tried my PC on 4 different monitors. They all didn't work. I plugged in a different computer to my monitor and it worked. I mean if the storm was to kill everything on that battery back up, why does my monitor still work? Does anyone know what would cause my PC not to send to my monitor? Would it be my video card? I am so lost, lol. Someone please help me. Thanks!
 
If fire came out of the UPS system then I think there is a strong chance something in your PC is fried. It is quite possibly the motherboard, as everything else plugs into that, so it should be the first thing to go (other than the power supply).

I'm afraid you'll have to try swapping components with other machines to narrow it down :( My money is on the motherboard though.

If you press the power switch and hold it for 4 seconds (or instantly), does the PC turn off?
 
Man, I will have to go through all of that lol. Watever works. Yes, if I hold the power buttondown it does turn off. It doesnt respond to keybord functions though, like CTRL ALT DEL to restart. The button definately works.
 
Thats partly a good sign then, as some of the motherboard functions are still intact. Do the 3 light on your keyboard light up for a brief moment when you first turn the PC on, or are there any beeps?
 
Yes, the lights on the keyboard light up and actually stay lit up, but there are no noises. The speakers and everything else do not work. Only sign of life is the power lights and the lights on the keyboard.
 
Try another graphics card in there, but it is probably a duff motherboard :(
 
Ok, I will go try that right now. I hope it works! Thanks for your help. If it doesn't work, I will be back to bother ya'll... lol Thanks again.
 
Modern computing components are VERY sensitive to power surges/spikes, and especially to the effects of lightning, so any one of your components, or even ALL of them may have been damaged.
I would do as Ian said, and test ALL of your components on a different WORKING PC so that you can narrow down which parts do and dont work. You might be lucky and it may just be one thing...or you may be very unlucky and have fried the lot!
Theres not a lot more we can advise on here, but good luck in getting it all working again
 
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