lightning strike on my pc

[Vyom93]

hii friends

yesterday i was cleaning my pc then thought i should share a incident

i am having i local internet broadband,2 years back,at night i left the internet cable connected to my pc and it was raining & thundering outside i wake up in the morning i was connecting my internet but it was not connecting then i check cable connection and i saw the RJ-45 connector was turn into black color so i open up the case and i saw
this

*i41.tinypic.com/33cccp1.jpg


the lighting strike made a hole in the motherboard IO panel by melting the metal i was lucky that my just 2 months old new pc was not burnt


So then its raining & thundering outside try to not to use your internet and disconnect the cable

 

[Nerevarine]

Happened with me as well.. Unfortunately, I wasnt lucky and my laptop's mb burnt.. Laptop wasnt connected to any power supply but was connected to a RJ45 to a modem which itself was connected to a powersupply..
The funniest thing is, the modem's RJ45 Jack was toasted but the modem still worked properly (from the USB port)

 

[d3p]

What is so special in thread to be shared in Showoff section ???

Anyway reporting.

 

[gagan_kumar]

when i read the title i was expecting all burnt ic (like charcoal black!) looking at that tiny hole make me think that lightning was really small..........

 

[Flash]

What is so special in thread to be shared in Showoff section ???

Anyway reporting.

OP wants to show off the lightning-struck Mobo.

 

[Vyom]

Looks like I should buy a Wifi USB adapter just to be on safe side, than using RJ 45 cable!