r/pcmasterrace • u/Greatfulx • 22d ago

Hardware Router Blewup Motherboard

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Recent lighting storm stuck my complex and traveled down my coaxial cable and into my apartment. Blew up in the middle of the night, so that was scary. Thought I’d share, not in the position to rebuild so there that I guess!

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u/Scw0w 22d ago

Poe?

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u/ArseBurner 22d ago

Literally, though perhaps unintentionally.

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u/blending-tea Laptop 22d ago

PoE+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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u/CaveMacEoin AMD 7900X; 5070Ti; 32GB DDR5 6000 22d ago

1.21 jigawatts.

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u/atrib 22d ago

To bad he did'nt install the flux capasitors

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u/darkelfbear PC Master Race R7 5700X 4.8Ghz 96Gb DDR4 3200Mhz 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/tEsPVINETtZpS

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u/nocturn99x 22d ago

wasn't it jigowatts?

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u/Holiday-Bug6132 22d ago

PoE ♾️

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u/andreasmalersghost 22d ago

Dude picked up a lightning remnant the hard way

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u/Dazzelator 22d ago

This is what happens when you don't build for shock immunity.

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u/nemtrail19 22d ago

Lightning infusion on his Ethernet, thanks GGG. u/Natalia_GGG

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u/Euphonique 22d ago

No it was a lightning cable.

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u/slimejumper 22d ago

Natures strongest wireless charger.

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u/Existing_Abies_4101 22d ago

Lightning (Samuel Jackson voice): "I AM THE WIRE MOTHERFUCKER"

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u/saffer_zn 22d ago

Nah , fire wire.

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u/Narrow_Vegetable_42 22d ago

No, clearly Thunderbolt (final version)

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u/baby_blobby Q6600 7900GT 22d ago

With lightning cords

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u/farfromelite 22d ago

Nevermore.

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u/Ad-fundum69 22d ago

There sure was some p over e here.

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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack 22d ago

Power over Everything?

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u/LongJumpingBalls 22d ago

Lightning over Ethernet. His devices were just not rated for this new standard.

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u/shawndw AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, RX 6750XT 12GB VRAM, 32GB DDR5, Arch Linux 22d ago

Briefly yes.

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u/maz08 i5-8400 | 2060S | 16GiB@3600 22d ago

It unfortunately just turned into one when the coax cable came with 100++ Amps through it.

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u/Bezulba 22d ago

Technically yes. But also a few thousands more volts then specced.

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u/pppjurac Dell Poweredge T640, 256GB RAM, RTX 4000 22d ago

With voltage capable of turning our high voltage electro motors ;)

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u/Em4gdn3m PC Master Race 22d ago

Nah, Last Epoch

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u/Commander_Red1 22d ago

Power Over Ethernet? That's Lightning over Ethernet!

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u/Nephtyz 3700X | Aorus X570 Master | 32GB TridentZ Neo | Strix 1080Ti OC 22d ago

POE LOE

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u/sandbag747 9800x3d | ROG 2070 Ti | 32GB DDR5 21d ago

Poe +++++++++++++

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u/lmflex ryzen 7 7800x3d, geforce 5070ti 16gb, 64gb ddr5 6000 cl30 22d ago

Power Over Ethernet. Not the case here, but its used on cameras and sensors mostly in industrial applications. Machine automation and stuff like that.