Well, I think the unthinkable just happened, my computer refuses to run.

We had a hefty power outage via high winds where I live, and when I bounced downstairs to turn on the computer..... nothing. The computer lights to all my USB toys were on, the fans started and lit up, but no familair POST beep and the monitor didn't come out of sleep mode.

I'm wondering, is there anything I can check? I have the feeling possibly my motherboard or CPU blew, somehow, despite being on a surge protector.

The fans, etc light up so the PSU is probably not the issue. It starts POST, but hangs somewhere between initializing the videocard and startup. I tried ripping things out one by one, starting with my NIC and soundcard and booting between each removal, but no dice.
I removed my old videocard, no POST
I put in an old videocard, no POST
i switched monitors between these to see if it was just my monitor screwing up, no visual.

I stripped it down to everything but memory and it still wouldn't POST, no beepcode, nothing.

I drug out my old computer, blasted it off, and started slapping the stuff in it, but the winXP harddrive won't recognize on this computer, and the HD light stays on (a bad sign as well)

I have a few backups of some iffy important things, but nowhere near backing up my 300+ gb hds. luckily, i think my data hd with all my games, etc is intact, but they'l still need to be reinstalled if i need to reformat my OS drive.

Currently i'm posting on an ancient 1.1ghz celeron computer running my emergency linux hd, but i'm not sure how long it'l last seeing as the cpu fan sounds like the bearings are going. I don't have sound worked out yet, and i just have integrated video atm, so i can't join anyone playing anything.