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- From: massoud@chemteca.sdsu.edu (Massoud Ajami)
- Subject: Re: Really wierd video/modem problem
- Message-ID: <massoud.104.716594248@chemteca.sdsu.edu>
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- References: <oehV2zm00io6Q3HVhg@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:57:28 GMT
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- In article <oehV2zm00io6Q3HVhg@andrew.cmu.edu> Andrew Jordan Werth <aw0i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:35:11 -0400
- >From: Andrew Jordan Werth <aw0i+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- >Subject: Really wierd video/modem problem
- >
- >I just got a new modem for my PC and a really strange thing happens:
- >About 40% of the time that I use my modem, my video display goes bonkers
- >-- the colors get warped, text in dos gets blurry (seems like the
- >resolution drops), windows in Windows 3.1 flicker like crazy. Or
- >sometimes my display just goes blank. I need to cold boot to fix the
- >problem, CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't fix it. The display goes bad either as
- >soon as the modem dials, hangs up, or when I exit the terminal program.
- >Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?
- >
- >Here's my setup:
- >
- >V-COM 486 DX50/2
- >Local Bus Video GA-200 with ET4000 chips, 1 MB ram
- >Adtech Perfect DataFax 2400 modem w/ v.42bis
- >
- >I have the modem set to COM2, my mouse set to COM1.
- >
- >Thanks!
- >
- >Andrew Werth
- >
- >
- Sounds like power supply problem. Try to put the modem it the slot closer to
- power supply, or perhaps your power supply can not supply enough current.
-
-
- Peace and Prosperity!
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