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Re: Internal Modem Problem - NO DIALTONE (analogue problem?)

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From: David Longley
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <877106093snz@inf-eden.demon.co.uk>
           News@inf-eden.demon.co.uk "Chris Kennington" writes:

> In article <876818758snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
>            David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:
> 
> "The  modem  is recognized by the PC in DOS, and  responds  to  AT
> "commands  with OK and passes diagnostics. The problem is that  it 
> "never picks up the line and always responds with NO DIALTONE.
> "
> "I've swapped leads and suspect a problem in the analogue side  of 
> "the board, maybe a relay?
> 
>     Well, David, after reading the other posts, you can easily
>  tell if it is a dialtone problem or something more deep-seated by
>  setting it to blind-dial .....
> 
>     Also, set it to "speaker always on" and report on the noises
>  heard!
> 
>     Presumably you are aware that dialtones vary widely across the
>  world?  In many places (such as my friends in Nepal),
>  blind-dialling is de rigueur.
> 
>                                         Chris
> -- 
> Chris Kennington (in news-reader mode)
> Reply to me as "cjk <at> inf-eden.demon.co.uk", replacing the <at>
> 
> 
I'm  pretty sure its a bad relay or transformer on  the  analogue 
side. I need these components but don't know where to get them  - 
anyone got a dead (on the digital side) 1428VQH?
-- 
David Longley (check end reply line #)

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From: David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley)
Subject: Re: Internal Modem Problem - NO DIALTONE (analogue problem?)
Date: 1997/10/18
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