Re: OT: USR Modem troubles

2002-11-16 Thread Hell.Surfers
check capacitors and resistors for faults with multimeter, if you dont have a qualification ill help you,. [sarcasm] you could always get it clean by soaking it in gasoline overnight.[/sarcasm] Regards, Dean. On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:41:08 -0600 (CST) Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: OT: USR Modem troubles

2002-11-16 Thread Drew Scott Daniels
I don't think this is necessarily off topic. I too had the same problem, but it went away when I changed my init string or upgraded the modem's onboard code, I can't remember which. You can test init strings with hyperterm, minicom or other such programs. The atix where x is a number should help

Re: OT: USR Modem troubles

2002-11-16 Thread John Hasler
It's either your modem or your ISPs. Have you called them? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: USR Modem troubles

2002-11-16 Thread nate
Jeff Maxson said: > not against purchasing a new chip and then borrowing a soldering iron if > that would be cheaper... Ideas? > I've used a lot of modems and never had one go bad on me yet(maybe I'm lucky). but it sounds to me that the problem is the line quality. If you can, have the phone com