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.

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

The cable would be interesting to pursue. Its unusual to have one
wire alone blown off in a cable in that situation. Corse its always
possible that the cable was flakey, the physical act of disconnecting
it during the storm just had the wire come off the pin. Is it a molded
cable or one where you can open the connector shell ?

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