PE>> 1. The storm has managed to fry the CTS line in my modem cable.

 PE>> I have replaced the cable. The com port is unharmed.



 PE>> 2. The storm has damaged my modem, but not my modem power supply.



 BL>> What rotten luck, and how strange. I thought Xiayi unplugged the

 BL>> cable. The surge must have come down the phone line, and jumped

 BL>> from the unplugged RS232 to earth (maybe the computer case).



 PM>> Actually, I don't think it was the storm at all. I took my

 PM>> Spirit around to Paul's place and now *it* doesn't work either.



 RS> You presumably tried Pauls Spirit power supply on your modem tho.



Yes, and it worked ok then, at least the lights came on which is more than
it does now.



 RS> The cable would be interesting to pursue. Its unusual to have one

 RS> wire alone blown off in a cable in that situation. Corse its always

 RS> possible that the cable was flakey, the physical act of disconnecting

 RS> it during the storm just had the wire come off the pin. Is it a molded

 RS> cable or one where you can open the connector shell ?



From memory it's a molded connector. It does sound unlikely that the storm
damaged it. Lets just blame Xiayi for it. After all, she broke the TV set
as well.





Paul



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