Lightening damage - any hope?


We had a violent electrical storm at my home a couple of days ago and some of my AV gear no longer even turns on. The damaged components are Sony Blu-ray player, Marantz AV Processor, AppleTV, Spectrum Cable box, Netgear router. It seems that the damage came in thru the Spectrum cable for my Internet service.. All of the damaged components were connected to my network via Cat6.

Curiously, the components that I had isolated with fiber converters (to lower the cable noise) were undamaged. That included my ML5505 integrated amp and my Aurender N200 streamer (thank goodness).

For the electrical geniuses out there is there any hope that the damaged components can be repaired from a spike coming in thru the ethernet cable? I'm rather surprised that these components won't even turn on.

Any insight. would be appreciated.

jhcjr

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Thanks for the comments and ideas. BTW, I do have everything powered thru a Furman power conditioner. And I checked the ground wire at the outside cable connection and it is as it should be. I bought additional media converters to isolate the Ethernet on my replacement/repaired gear that wasn't isolated. 

I found the fuse on the power supply of the Sony Blu-ray player and it is fine, but the service manual provided instructions to check 2 pins that connect the PS board to the main board for +12v and they both showed nuttin'. So, at least the PS board got zapped and possible more. I haven't a clue on how to repair the PS board and a replacement is $100. The player was only $500 and there they be more trouble if a new PS energizes the other boards and they don't work. Unless someone has a way to test the components on the PS board I guess I'll sell the unit for parts and get something else.

The Marantz is another can of worms. There are a number of boards stuffed on top of the main board and PS board such that disassembly will be quite a task. I think I'll take it to my excellent local repair shop and pay for a diagnosis.

Thanks again everyone.

None of the damaged items have 'regular 'fuses like an amp has. I suspect they are mounted on the circuit boards. Any hints on what to look for on the boards to identify a mounted fuse?

The damaged items are probably not worth repairing, but I'm taking this 'opportunity' to learn a little more about them.

Thanks for the help.