Mousey
Ueber Meister Mouse
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2004
- Location
- Up$hitCreek
We had horrible thunderstorms Monday night. When I got up Tues. a.m. the modem (for those into specifics, it's an Actiontec 724wg) was black. No lights. Did the usual reset, power cycle, plugged the bump into another receptacle on the UPS, plugged it directly into the wall.... 'It's dead, Jim'. So my ISP is sending me another, should be here tomorrow. (I'm posting from work.)
Now, what I'm wondering is what happened to it. I don't think it was a power surge as everything else on that UPS (external HDs and printer) are fine. However, I do not plug my dsl/phone cables into the UPS, so perhaps the lightning zapped the phone line? But all my phones are ok. Modem failure may be unrelated to the thunderstorms?
I am concerned that my NIC (on both computers) may have gotten damaged. Won't know that until the modem gets here. I can replace the card on hubby's old WinXP computer, but mine is integrated and I don't think I have a slot open to add a card (should it come down to that) and I haven't opened it up to check. Guess I'll know tomorrow.
Anyway... just a whine.... I hate not having internet at home.
Now, what I'm wondering is what happened to it. I don't think it was a power surge as everything else on that UPS (external HDs and printer) are fine. However, I do not plug my dsl/phone cables into the UPS, so perhaps the lightning zapped the phone line? But all my phones are ok. Modem failure may be unrelated to the thunderstorms?
I am concerned that my NIC (on both computers) may have gotten damaged. Won't know that until the modem gets here. I can replace the card on hubby's old WinXP computer, but mine is integrated and I don't think I have a slot open to add a card (should it come down to that) and I haven't opened it up to check. Guess I'll know tomorrow.
Anyway... just a whine.... I hate not having internet at home.