After an overhead lightning flash I lost a modem. I put it down to the
electromagnetic surge that occurs in such storms.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald L. Ploude <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 04 September 1998 14:14
Subject: [PCBUILD] IO failure


>After a recent bout of thunder storms, I found my modem returning failure
>errors of not being able to get a carrier.  Also printer connection
>failures are being reported 'Unable to communicated with printer'.  I
>have removed the modem to see if it caused the IO problem but to no avail
>as the printer error remained the same.  The telephone line and the
>printer itself (as determined by a self test) are functioning.  I have
>not tested the modem in another machine.  The serial mouse works and so
>does the sound card and SCSI devices.
>
>Could the computer have recieved a lightning strike through the phone
>line even though the computer was off?  And, if it has, how do I
>difinitively assure myself that the IO section of the MB is fried?  As
>background, the processor is a 486DX100 with 16meg of memory and onboard
>IDE, serial, and printer connections on the VLB MB.  The modem is a USR
>56K and the printer an HP855ci color.
>
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