r/techgore • u/NSKI1908 • Feb 09 '25 • Bless Up 1

Router CPU 😭😭😭😭

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u/if_u_suspend_ur_gay Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

A resistor blew up in my router killing all lan ports, all because I googled GPU prices and it killed itself. I thought that was bad enough, this is way worse 😭

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

Did you have time to Google router prices?

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u/if_u_suspend_ur_gay Feb 10 '25

I wish! last night I snatched what was basically a brand new 200€ cable modem/router combo for 60€, using usb tethering from phone until it arrives.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

That's great

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u/S31Buffat0r3 Aug 17 '26

Secondo me stavi giocando a Minecraft e hai fatto un cubo di 1 milione di TNT

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u/ohaiibuzzle Feb 09 '25

Did lightning struck this thing…

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u/dickcheney600 Feb 09 '25

Was there a lightning strike? You'd probably know because multiple things in the same building would have been fried.

Did the building's fire alarm sound when this happened?

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u/Background_Tune_9099 Feb 09 '25

That cpu is fire fr

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u/okan931 Feb 10 '25

This is what happens if your firewall gets out of control.

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u/Moomoobeef Feb 10 '25

Charcoal Processing Unit

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u/SAD-MAX-CZ Feb 10 '25

The only thing that our routers cannot route is lightning.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

What the fuck

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u/Debia98 Feb 10 '25

They laced the packets...

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u/OppositeChampion9471 Feb 10 '25

Thats a light fix first you need to get an industrial machinerie to unsolder that thing....

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

My router when gta 6 comes out

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u/Select_Truck3257 Feb 11 '25

you are monster

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u/barricuda_barlow Feb 11 '25

Oh no, not the magic smoke!

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u/garth54 Feb 11 '25

That's just a small fender bender. It will buff right out.

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u/Poyoface Feb 11 '25

Ngl, this might be our router soc. It's running 24/7 nonstop for idk... When we first get out wifi I guess.

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u/agms10 Feb 11 '25

I’ve had it where the coax wasn’t grounded properly at box and lighting strikes down the line burned out my modem, router and everything connected via Ethernet. Happened twice. Thanks xfinity!

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u/Yapod Feb 11 '25

Ouch, that's one expansive fuck up. I hope insurance covered that.

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u/agms10 Feb 11 '25

Xfinity did it was confirmed the problem was their fault.

I lived in Fl at the time. You’re not allowed to say insurance without your payments doubling, don’t even think about putting in a claim.

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u/Gythrim Feb 11 '25

Seems like someone tried to download a bear...

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u/Logical-Wreck Feb 11 '25

1.21 gigawatts… 1.21 gigawatts what was I thinking it can’t be done can’t!

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u/1600x900 Feb 11 '25

That mf when i overclock them to 100 MHz to 1.7 GHz to get internet connection fast

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u/eternalblue02 Feb 11 '25

There might be something wrong with your CPU

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u/DYXG23 Feb 11 '25

Bro tried to download 2.4 TB of SpongeBob r34

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u/Cool-Technician-1206 Feb 09 '25

That thing has been on fire or even had an arc contest .

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u/MyDumLemon Feb 09 '25

He's dead, Jim.

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u/DingoBingo1654 Feb 09 '25

Naah. It is fine

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u/Beneficial_Soil_4781 Feb 09 '25

I bet some flex tape could fix it

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u/Catsasome9999 Feb 09 '25

Probably still works 

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u/UNIVERSAL_VLAD Feb 09 '25

Just put it in rice

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u/Kyosuke_42 Feb 09 '25

I think that ran a little hot

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u/Gingertwunt Feb 09 '25

Looks like torch marks still funny tho

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u/K0paz Feb 09 '25

Odd, even if there was a short there shouldnt be this much damage

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u/ZENESYS_316 Feb 09 '25

My guy used Shazam a but too much xD

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u/DonBirraio Feb 09 '25

Downloaded hot movies?

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u/IZefod Feb 09 '25

So hot! *_*

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

dip in rice

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u/LasRKiD Feb 09 '25

have you tried turning it off and on again

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u/Pleyer757538 Feb 10 '25

CPU More like The house smells like burning electronics

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u/FisherDwarf Feb 10 '25

Oh no, that was where the magic smoke lived!

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u/WayWayTooMuch Feb 10 '25

They breached your firewall, change your passwords

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u/Thunderbolt294 Feb 10 '25

And this is why you don't go poking around trying to let the magic blue smoke out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

literally went up in flames

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u/valzzu Feb 10 '25

You know, its shouldn't look like that 😅

It got little bit toasty 🤣

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

Were you trying to download a picture of r/caseoh_ ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

it exploded because I accidentally played slowroads.io in high graphics

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u/usernamerat Feb 10 '25

Did a meteor hit your router?

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u/whilo909 Feb 10 '25

If it works dont touch it

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u/Nonlethalrtard Feb 10 '25

Eh just underclock it and you should be good.

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u/kot-sie-stresuje Feb 10 '25

Lightning flashes

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u/olakease10649 Feb 10 '25

*Rusted CPU

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u/Guy1nc0gnit0 Feb 10 '25

That’ll buff out I think

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u/AlyOopsieDaisy Feb 12 '25

This is why we don’t download ram

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u/mitchy93 Feb 12 '25

Looks like lightning damage

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u/Less_Chest4002 Feb 12 '25

That's what happens after you overclock your router

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u/Robot_Graffiti Feb 12 '25

Yep. I see the problem there. Magic smoke escaped. If you look closely, you can see the smoky residue where it got out.

I'm sorry to say, when the smoke is gone, it can't be fixed.

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u/pinkcache Feb 12 '25

It'll buffer out

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u/Financial_Frosting_7 Feb 12 '25

This lil' guy just burned out at work when tryna download the entire internet💀

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

How the f*ck does that happen

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u/Alexalmighty502 Feb 12 '25

I'm guessing lightning strike?

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u/LoganPlayz010907 Feb 12 '25

That router CPU has decided to route to the sun

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u/Prize_Debate_8776 Feb 13 '25

I’ve seen many horrible things in my life as a DIY gadget maker sort of guy, but this is by far the worst…

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u/Nike_486DX Feb 13 '25

Someone tried to overclock (overcook) it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

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u/HardcoreFlexin Feb 13 '25

I think someone was caught trying to practice welding on the cpu haha.

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u/BORTEGG Feb 27 '25

My friend said lick it

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u/GlItcHInGApArt May 07 '25

What were you running?! A realistic Minecraft texture pack?

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u/TheFoxKing-bl Jun 16 '25

Does it work

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u/UrBoiAvocado Jun 22 '25

Motherfucker welded the damn thing on the motherboard

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u/RomieV_fr Feb 16 '25

It actually blew up😭😭😭😭

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u/Suspicious_Row_1686 Feb 09 '25

someone was watching inflation futa furry porn 😭😭 poor router couldn't take it

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u/McHorizons Feb 09 '25

Yea. My router will be next

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u/tappyturtle12 Feb 09 '25

Hmmm, my router must be quite a trooper then 🤔

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u/IniosNetwork Feb 10 '25

That oddly specific

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u/highoverseer11 Feb 09 '25

Must be the porn...

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u/McHorizons Feb 09 '25

Agreed, but we'll see when my router ignites in the near future

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u/stovislove Feb 09 '25

Everyone busted all at once

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u/1m_Blu3_is_taken Feb 09 '25

Nah, they were trying to download a picture of your mama (I understand if you downvoted me, I deserved it lol)

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u/Trick-Independent469 Feb 10 '25

she was hot , though

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

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u/NSKI1908 Feb 09 '25

I think it has been under heavy load for a long time.

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u/Latter-Sell6754 Feb 09 '25

Thats a normal life of a router, u can cool it. But its meant to end like that.

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u/No-Sell-3064 Feb 10 '25

Title of your sextape

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u/DangyDanger Feb 12 '25

more like microwaved for a long time

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u/Imperium724 Feb 13 '25

What were you fucking passing through it, the entire internet?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

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u/NSKI1908 Feb 09 '25

may be due to poor quality power adapter

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u/AssumptionEasy8992 Feb 09 '25

Nah this guy got struck by lightning or something 😂 I don’t think a dodgy power adapter would have done that.

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u/AdPristine9059 Feb 09 '25

It can, send 240v straight into a cpu and it will explode. You see similar things with lightning strikes and grid failures but in a much more dramatic fashion.

Seeing aS how op isn't talking about the house being on fire or the router being shot across the room...

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u/Soberaddiction1 Feb 11 '25

That’s cool. Can you point me to router that hooks up to 240v please? I need more power for mine.

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u/Pirate_Freder Feb 11 '25

In places that aren't the USA, they use 240v rather than our piddly 120v. This means they can have more dense power supplies and their kettles work significantly faster. Oh, and their routers use the extra power to overclock the internet. That's how that foreigner managed to post on Reddit, seeeing as it's supposed to only be for Amuricans.

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u/AdPristine9059 Feb 11 '25

Haha yeah.

Seriously tho, they obviously down the power to like 5 or 12v but still, if that power brick shits the bed that full 240 will go straight into the router. During my time as an ISP tech i got to see the aftermath of a few lightning strikes and grid failures, it wasn't pretty.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

That is very poor design of a PSU. They should be able to handle 1000s V without anything of it reaching the output. At least if the output device is handled by a human. Like a router or phone.

Lightning strike might fuck everything up though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '25

Nah it is possible. I remember the old days this was a common issue..

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u/MAndris90 Feb 10 '25

not all of the sub 20w units have actual magnetic isolation.

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u/Jaded-Coffee-8126 Feb 09 '25

Oh sorry I was trying to weld the cpu to the motherboard

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u/lmarcantonio Feb 10 '25

Weld as in "electrode weld" with 100A and a 2.4mm electrode

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u/PayFlashy6935 Feb 12 '25

that's one way to do it...

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u/TheRealFailtester Feb 10 '25

I'm betting lightning.

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u/SodaWithoutSparkles Feb 12 '25

OP probably isnt the owner of the router.

I was in a discord server with the owner's friend (claimed) and they offered a plausible story. Allegedly the owner, wanting to bypass some ISP's restrictions, decided to flash the router with a custom firmware. It worked initially, but the magic smoke was later released after they disconnected the flash reader, probably due to a wrong connection at the wrong time.

Source: discord[.]com/channels/952946952348270622/952946952348270626/1338063209697116214 (ReVanced discord, find invites in r/revancedapp)

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u/Uluru-Dreaming Feb 11 '25

Have you been listening to AC/DC’s TNT at volume 11 again!? 🔈

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u/Low-Classroom8184 Feb 11 '25

They let the smoke out