Just a little more for you to consider, and this happened to me... not only
did the modem get cooked by a lightening strike, but it also rendered the
PCI slot useless. Took a while to figure that out, but after swapping the
sound card with the new modem, and then the LAN card with the modem,
everything that I plugged into that slot quit working! It became evident
where the problem was.

HTH

Dean Kiley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] modem help
>
> On Friday 16 July 2004 09:59 am, Gerry Gerstenberg wrote:
> > When I "query modem"  The modem cannot be found. Does this mean that
> > something is physically wrong with the modem?  Maybe it was struck by
> > lightning?
> >
>
> Gerry:
>
> You've already gotten some excellent advice from Dave Gillett and Marc
> Cockerill. But just in case that doesn't work...
>
> Lightning damage is certainly a consideration; that happened to me once
> when a
> lightning stroke hit a tree across the road, jumped to the telco drop that
> ran through the tree, and then over the road into my house. It killed my
> modem, answering machine and one of our telephones. My neighbor, in
> addition
> to having a broken tree in his front yard, also lost his answering machine
> and several telephones.
>
> However, before you replace your modem, I'd suggest verifying that it is
> properly seated in the slot (assuming it is an internal modem -- if not,
> check the cable). If that appears to be OK, then verify that your BIOS
> setting haven't changed (unlikely, but easy to check), and finally, try
> the
> hardware uninstall/reinstall drill. Still no joy? If you've got another
> modem
> laying around, give it a try. Otherwise, perhaps it's time to go to the
> store.
>
> Regards,
> Carroll Grigsby

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