Is it still under guarantee? It sound to me to be faulty. If an external modem flakes out on a hot day I would suggest that it is not of merchantable quality and so the retailer is obliged to replace it. This is not dependent on the guarentee, but is covered by the "what-ever-it-is" act.
Phil. On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, David A. Mann wrote: > Hi all, > > I recenly upgraded to a blazingly fast 56k modem. Dynalink 1456VQE-C; > the "e-modem". Its a cheap RS-232 external modem. > > Unfortunately its been having occasional problems holding the connection > up; after a while it just hangs up and won't reconnect properly (it > starts to handshake then suddenly all I hear is a tone). Cycling the > power on/off seems to fix it. > > I am 99% sure my ISP is not at fault. RTFM and modifying the init string > did not help (I even added an ATZ prior to sending the init string). > > I think it may be a thermal problem as it seems to misbehave more on hot > days. Tonight its been worse than ever. So I have hung it precariously > behind my server so the PSU fan is blowing into the ventilation slots on > the bottom, from a sufficient distance to prevent airflow restriction of > course. The PSU exhaust is cool and the fan-forced air will be a far > more effective coolant than natural convection anyway. This is only a > temporary arrangement and if it works I'll think about a more elegant > solution. > > Before I did that it lasted 35 mins, then 12 mins, then 6 minutes. Now > its been up for 50 minutes and counting. Fingers crossed. > > Has anyone else had similar trouble with this model modem? As mine is > connected to my server I leave it switched on 24/7. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > > > -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
