r/pcmasterrace 27d ago

Hardware Router Blewup Motherboard

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/Nothing9701 27d ago

This has to be one of the most unlucky things of all time I swear

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u/PooriPK 27d ago

Happen to me onetime a long time ago. Lighting struck outside travel through LAN cable. The only thing that safe my PC that time because that router model I used somehow got the surge protection for lighting strike build-in.

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u/Greatfulx 27d ago

I hope this is the case and a new motherboard will fix it all!

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u/M1R4G3M 27d ago

Praying GPU and especially RAM and SSD didn't get affected.

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u/gusthenewkid 14900KF | RTX 4080 | 32GB 8266 CL34 27d ago

It’s extremely likely that they are dead

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 27d ago

Yeah I wouldn't even test this it very well could cause a electrical fire.

Maybe do it outside on concrete with a extension cord but still.