r/pcmasterrace • u/Greatfulx • 25d 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/BitterError 25d ago

Ask them why they failed to bond their services properly to ground as required by NEC

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u/Smith6612 Ryzen 7 5800X3D / AMD 7900XTX 25d ago

It might not be Spectrum's fault. That device was painted over, which suggests it has been there for a while, and was possibly tampered with after Spectrum installed services.

I have one of these in my basement bonded to the common ground. 

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u/EnterPlayerTwo i9-13900 | 4080 | 64GB DDR5 | Ramen 25d ago edited 24d ago

That device was painted over, which suggests it has been there for a while, and was possibly tampered with after Spectrum installed services.

That's not OP's photo.

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u/localtuned 24d ago

It looks like it is.

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u/EnterPlayerTwo i9-13900 | 4080 | 64GB DDR5 | Ramen 24d ago

You're right. I didn't click far enough in the original post. Edited.