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>Hi, I found the site for MCE, but could you give me the URL for DT & T
>?........thanks....JWS.
>
>Jim Scolman
>Senior Network Admin
>AMS Services,Inc.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ahclist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:30 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Duo2400] Re: how do they do that?
>
>
>>Say Mark, while you're in there, can you figure out how MCE does their
>>cardbus upgrade for us? ; ^)
>>
>>Seriously though, I would guess it would be important for DT&T to be
>"vague"
>>about what they are actually doing for their $295 logic board fix, but it
>>would disturb me to know that the flat fee charged could be for fixing a
>>broken connector. When my 2400 when down for the count it happened
>during a
>>heat wave, which would lead me to believe something fried. It's probably
>>just easier to just swap out a board than diagnose the problem in the
>long
>>run.
>>
>>Andy
>
>Andy,
>
>Here are your first clues: often, what is blown is a $5 fuse on one of
>the boards, or a collection of capacitors. It is having the ability to
>replace those fuses (and having the fuses :) ) that you are paying for.
>Depends entirely on mode of failure, of course. DT and Brian have
>figured out a lot of the failure points -- also including the thermal
>transfer problems the list has discussed before. Marc also brought up
>what should become obvious: there may be fit tolerance issues with the
>newer upgrade cards working loose, another cause of green-light-of-death.
> After Hours has done the same types of repairs on dozens of 2400s (so I
>know a think or two about which I pontificate :) ) -- but we are not
>advertising as much due to the demands of the webhosting on us. If only
>there was a replacement for the 2400. Hell, I'm even thinking of selling
>my 3400 for an iBook to frankenstein into a brushed metal case.
>
>back to the shadows for me.
>
>laters
>
>paul
>
>
>
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