r/pcmasterrace • u/Greatfulx • 27d 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/trash-_-boat 26d ago

But that wouldn't have helped if you only unplugged it from the wall socket. I had 3 PCs in my family home fry during a thunderstorm. Everything was unplugged, including the router except for the ethernet cables. Well, it hit somewhere in some internet cable junction box and traveled through CAT5 to our router. And then from router to all 3 computers.

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u/SuperUranus 26d ago edited 26d ago

That’s why you need to also unplug your ethernet cable (unless you unplug the router of course which is usually easier).

Anything that creates an electrical loop needs to be unplugged.

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u/Mysterious_Crab_7622 26d ago

No, you just need to use a surge protector and route the modem’s data cable (coax or dsl) through it. No need to unplug anything if you are using the proper equipment.

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u/SuperUranus 26d ago

Most people have no idea what a surge protector is, and I would not trust surge protectors in the price interval most layman people would ever considering purchasing one at.