9 Jul
1999
9 Jul
'99
7:30 a.m.
> > Not to doubt your word, but as owner of a
small PC repair shop, my
> experience
> > (and records) would suggest that the following components have a higher
> > failure rate than power supplies or their fans. In order from highest
> > failure rate:
> > 1) modems -- extremely susceptible to
spikes -- our most common repair
> Modemfailure due spikes ? Just out of couriosity
- do you still
> have telegraph like overhead single wire telephone connections
> and no protective devices in your area ? (Thats just the only
> way I can imagine to become the modems into #1 failing devices)
I live in Central Florida. To be honest I don't
know what protective devices
the local phone company has. We do have old fashioned telephone poles. :>)
Jep, thats answering my question ... I just never had the
chance to pick this experience, since telephone lines are
almost 100% burried over here, so a harmfull lightning
strike is way less possible (still not impossible).
I do know this:
---> Central Florida is the lightning capitol of the world -- we get more
than anywhere else. :>(
---> July is peak lightning season.
--> Every summer from June to August, for the last seven years, we have sold
a huge (for us) number of modems, usually installing them in PCs which
contain burned-out modems.
--> I checked our files, and we have replaced more bad modems than any other
PC component.
Perhaps my logic is faulty so help me out here -- what would you conclude,
given the above data? Any suggestions as to what else might be killing all
these modems?
Nop :) I'll agree - it just looks unusual from my experiance :)
Over here more modems are damaged by cats, sunshine (yes, there
are sunny places outside of Florida) and due exposure to some
kinds of liquid (Coffee/Coke/... or just plain water ).
Servus
Hans
P.S.: I'll try to keep this in mind, next time then I browse
'old' US-equippment.
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Der Kopf ist auch nur ein Auswuchs wie der kleine Zeh.
H.Achternbusch