Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:01:08 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] modem problem (was that list fr__in unsubscribble thing)
>It's a wearout thing, contacts have to slide and make good contact, so there is >mechanical wear. Ya but surely its some huge number ... it won't be any less than, say, the docking port connector (and I know of laptops that were docked and undocked at least once a day for the last 5-6 years, some 2000-odd insertion cycles, and they're still going strong). I very much doubt a PCMCIA connector would have a minimum life of less than 2000 cycles at the very least, besides which if the card is detected by the computer its unlikely to be the PCMCIA connector itself anyway (and I'm assuming the computer can detect the card as you make reference to configuring it for connection as opposed to configuring it for detection). Perhaps your problem is the other end - the phone plug end. Just flipping through a few catalogues here, unless there is a misprint your average phone socket is only guaranteed for 500-odd insertion cycles. Certainly I do know we DID have some RealPort network cards from about that era (ie. 4-5 years old) that died due to excessive use and were brought back to life by opening them up and poking the contacts until they sprung back again to make good contact with the network cable. Perhaps you might want to look at the end of the card (or the end of the dongle if thats the sort of modem you have) and see if any of the pins are bent too far up from excessive use and no longer making a clean connection with the phone cable. If so, a bit of careful jiggling with a suitably sized pin would probably get you working again. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
