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Re: NO DIALTONE - After replaced Modem

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From: Gareth Jones
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00
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David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) wrote:

I've seen this many times - always it was the wrong cable.

Gareth

>Has anybody any (non obvious) suggestions as to what the cause might
>be of a NO DIALTONE message when:
>
>1. The modem is clearly communicating with the PC
>2. The modem has been working reliably on the line
>3. The modem and line cable has recently been swapped out.
>4. Supplier initially found no problem with returned modem
>5. New modem is not the returned modem
>6. Modem is 56K External Sonic Pro
>7. Machine is a P233MMX
>8. Hardware soak test with PRIME indicates no hardware problems
>
>-- 
>David Longley
>
>Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
>Behaviour Assessment & Profiling Technology,
>Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
>Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk
>
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From: gareth@ibis.demon.co.uk (Gareth Jones)
Subject: Re: NO DIALTONE - After replaced Modem
Date: 1998/09/01
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