How can I know if my Series S got damaged because of lightning?

if it did none of the following then you should be fine.

didn't

power off

catch fire

sparks flying everywhere

crash

blow up

dance across the room

then i think you will be ok.

Xbox series S was hit by lightning and wouldn't come on, so I replaced the power supply and the light came on with the ding sound but nothing else, no fan running or any video, what else could it be?

If it was a lightning strike literally any number of components could've been damaged inside so its hard to say with any certainty.

Hello , thank you for responding . Im not having issues , I got a hard drive with a 2.5 usb cable and was wondering if it will work on my Xbox Series S . Im just worried because i know nothing about hard drives and I dont know if it will cause any harm/damage to the console . If its just the transfer speeds , im ok with that.

My console runs about 14 hours a day.They generally last a few years.I m on my 4th one but Im about to send two in for repairs that got damaged by a power surge because they were plugged in during a lightning storm.

Because on my Xbox series x, it only shows 'Optimized for series x/s' but if a xbox series x version of a game is NOT 'optimized' how would i know if I'm playing a series x/s version of a game?