Can suddenly plugging out Ethernet cable damage your hardware?

[Yuki Core]

There is a bug in a game which required you to suddenly unplug ethernet cable, would this damage hardware?

I wouldn't think that myself, but one guy told me that his neighbor ruined his Mobo with this..

 

[boosted1g]

Removing the Ethernet cable would cause no issue.

Now if you had EMI/static electicity when you pulled it out that could cause an issue.

The Ethernet port is the most common thing to fry in a motherboard after the PSU kills power as it is not grounded and still connected to an electric device (the switch or the router).

 

[Yuki Core]

Removing the Ethernet cable would cause no issue.

Now if you had EMI/static electicity when you pulled it out that could cause an issue.

The Ethernet port is the most common thing to fry in a motherboard after the PSU kills power as it is not grounded and still connected to an electric device (the switch or the router).

Static electricity from myself, when pulling out the cable?

And for your last sentence, that's when if I would plug out PSU, before any other wire, when the switch is still being powered?

 

[boosted1g]

Yes static electricity stored in you as you touch the surrounding the port.

That means if there is a power outage or PSU is not plugged in anymore etc, that often the "path of least resistance" for any residual electricity is to exit through the Ethernet port.

 

[Yuki Core]

Yes static electricity stored in you as you touch the surrounding the port.

That means if there is a power outage or PSU is not plugged in anymore etc, that often the "path of least resistance" for any residual electricity is to exit through the Ethernet port.

Okay, so as long as I don't have a lot of static energy built up in me, there is little possibility of hardware damage?

 

[boosted1g]

Correct, there is very little possibility of any damage.

 

[Yuki Core]

Correct, there is very little possibility of any damage.

Thanks for all the answers and explanations