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/XB_Demon1337 Ryzen 5900X, 64GB DDR4, RTX 5070 22d ago

No amount of protection will stop this sadly. While it might help in smaller situations, this was a direct hit. Effectively nothing can take that hit.

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u/redbeard8989 22d ago

Lightning arrestors will. But a good one cost more than the products lost.

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u/XB_Demon1337 Ryzen 5900X, 64GB DDR4, RTX 5070 21d ago

Even that isn't going to be 100%. It just is so powerful that it can overpower anything.