Magic Blue Smoke » cable modem http://www.magicbluesmoke.org When good electronics go bad. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 IC on cable modem destroyed by lightning strike to cable line http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/41/ic-on-cable-modem-destroyed-by-lightning-strike-to-cable-line http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/41/ic-on-cable-modem-destroyed-by-lightning-strike-to-cable-line#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:53:11 +0000 MagicBlueSmoke http://www.magicbluesmoke.org/?p=41 Cratered IC on cable modem

Lightning struck the cable line on this cable modem.  Damage shown is part of the PHY, along with damage not visible to two of the resistors that came from the ethernet port.  Credit: http://www.kevtris.org/

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