Disconnect your computer from your telephone line.  Then, plug the
telephone into a different jack  You also should totally remove the line
that goes from the wall to the computer.  If this solves the problem,
then very likely you have corrosion on the contacts either on the modem
itself, or on the phone line that connects into the modem.  If it's on
the phone line, you can probably see it, and if you plug the phone line
back into the wall, the static will come back.  If it's on the modem, it
could be more difficult to see.  But, modems are cheap now-a-days, so
you could replace the modem with very little cost or effort.

Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net



Hulda Robertson wrote:
> I have an IBM Athlon Aptiva Desktop Model 2174-590 about three years old. It has 550 GZ with a 20 Gb HD and 256 Ram with a CD/DVD Rom Drive  and a CD-Crw Drive
>
> All of a sudden I seems my telephone gets so much static noise.
>
>  I had my telephone line tested by Verizon and it tested fine. They told me there was no line noise at all.I had an electrician over and he took my phone home and tried it on his telephone line and it had a loud static buzzing sound.He checked the electric plug and told me nothing was wrong with the receptacle. So I sadly threw away my favorite phone and went and bought a brand new one. Now all of a sudden this one also seems to get a build up of static and it has only been connected to the computer for about two weeks now,and so I wonder if this static could possibly come from  the Computer. What would cause thi
> s problem? Do I need a new modem or what could wrong with the Computer.
>
> I unplugged the telephone and took it outside to the box on the house where there is customer access and plugged it in and I could hear the static noise and so I took another spare telephone that had not been connected to the Computer and plugged that one in to the outside box and it tested all clear with no noise at all. I also plugged in the spare telephone to the wall telephone outlet by the computer and this telephone was clear.
>
> I bought also a new Belkin Surge protector and found out there was nothing wrong with my old one.
>
> I cannot buy a telephone every two weeks.
>
> This is a mystery to me since I have not changed anything at all here in this computer room. I have a ViewSonic 17" Monitor and an HP DeskJet 932C Printer and a Visioneer Scanner Model 8920 USB plugged into the Surge Protector and I have had most of them three years also except the Scanner is only one year old. The Scanner
>  has an off/on switch and it is off all the time unless I will use it which is seldom.
>
>
> Can anyone help me solve my problem?

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