So recently, a PC I had setup at my mothers house that we use for watching TV shows when I come over (and to download things during the week for myself) took a power surge. At first we found the problem because the TV went out. Once I got the TV home and cracked it open, I found this at the HDMI port the computer was plugged into:
Well after seeing that, I of course had to see what damage the PC took. Luckily the PC still works, well sort of. As you can see, the video card did not fair so well at the HDMI port again:
I marked with arrows all of the obvious spots of damage. You can see that on the video board of the TV, the HDMI controller chip now has a hole in it. The power surge basically made it explode. The video card is pretty much the same with a transistor having a hole in it too. I just thought I would share all of this just in case your were curious what the damage from a power surge looks like. USE A SURGE SUPPRESSOR!