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- From: mwhitney@tricon.net (Mike Whitney)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster 28.8 problems
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:08:47 GMT
- Organization: The Tri-Cities Connection
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- On Sun, 28 Jan 1996 13:02:37 GMT, jmiller@adam.com.au (Jack Miller) wrote:
-
- >>I had a very similar problem with my (german V.34 external) Sportster.
- >>I have a Sun IPX and tried use it with terminal emulators and (mainly) PPP.
- >>After 2 to max 15 minutes (especially with massive download) the connection
- >>(28800) is interrupted, and the modem on the other side (Supra, USR Courier,
- >>Zyxel's, Access modem server, i tried a lot...) hangs up (ppp timeout i think)
- >>When i connected to the modem then it seems to be hung (garbled output when i
- >>type ati4 and so on). Sometimes power cycling help, sometimes not: I had to
- >>wait a while (minutes) before it came up ok again...
-
- >I've had an internal Sportster since December 94 with a similar
- >problem. Turn it (and the computer) on and it will connect with no
- >problems. Between 5 and 15 minutes later, it drops the connection and
- >won't successfully negotiate from then on. If I turn power off and
- >on, it connects and works very well. It seems to need a power off/on
- >cycle after it warms up. In the winter I had to add insulation on the
- >circuit board side or it wouldn't get warm enough to start working
- >correctly. In the summer, as long as the temperature is warm, it
- >works correctly without a problem. There have been about 10 other
- >Sportster owners that have posted the same problem.
-
- >I just turn the computer on about 20 minutes before I need to use the
- >modem, and turn it off and on before I start. I'll return it under
- >warranty later this year. I've been waiting until all the ROM
- >problems have settled down. I have the 04/95 ROM (no effect on the
- >warmup problem).
-
- >Jack Miller
-
- From http://elaine.teleport.com/~curt/modems.html :
-
- NEWS -- USR Sportster 28.8: . . .USR announced a ROM upgrade about 5 May 95
- which fixs the "Spiraling Death Syndrome". The ROM is free to Sporster V.34
- owners. Check your current ROM date with an ati7 command, and if you do not have
- a ROM dated May 95 or newer, you need either this free upgrade, or the 33.6 kbps
- V.34 $25 ROM upgrade mentioned above. If you want to get the free ROM, I suggest
- you order from the USR BBS -- have your serial number handy, use your modem and
- comm program to call 1-708-982-5092, and simply type "SPV34" from the main menu
- and then follow the directions. If you got 28.8 Sportster as part of an OEM
- computer package and have trouble inputting your serial number on USR's bulletin
- board when trying to get the spv34 upgrade chip, you need to contact USR
- customer service -- call 708-982-5151 and prompt for Technical Support.
-
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