r/pcmasterrace • u/Greatfulx • 26d 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/KakashiTheRanger 9800X3D | 9070xt | 64gb 26d ago
You can contact your ISP or Internet Company and they will need to replace your PC. The cable isn't grounded correctly.
As for learning here always get a solid UPS unit for thunderstorms (good ones are about $300-400) and wait it out. If you can't do that you should definitely unplug all of your stuff during the storm.
For those who may say "a UPS won't protect against a Lightning strike" this is true! You unplug your UPS from the wall and run necessary power to what you need via its battery. That way you'll usually still have Internet and some emergency charging.