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.

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

Certainly something rather odd going on, both
with this bit and the other detail like the cable.

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

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

And look what she has done to Paul himself as well.

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