Hi Peter,

On 03-Aug-02 19:04:58, Peter Langley wrote:

> On Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:22 PM, Oliver Roberts
>>
>> On 01-Aug-02 20:09:03, Peter Langley wrote:
>>
>> > My Solo doesn't want to connect at any other speed than
>> > 26,400bits/s.
>> > Normally connections would have been 48,000. The only cause I
>> > can
>> > think of is a recent storm when lightening certainly upset the
>> > house
>> > alarm. If lightening has cause this fault, can I repair it by
>> > re-installing firmware?
>>
>> Maybe. It's sounds more to me like the lightening could have upset
>> your
>> phone line though, or failing that a hardware problem somewhere
>> along
>> the line (maybe with the Solo).

> Checked out the Solo with a different PC & a different line. Got the
> 48,000 I'm used to. This points to the line as you suggest. Not

Not necessarily - it only prooves that the Solo is fine. Something
else is at fault. Craigs suggestion about earths is more than
plausible - when I first got my Solo, I could only connect at 24000 or
26400. To cut a long story short, the reason turned out to be my
tower's PSU unit, which had a "noisy" earth. The Solo is a little
picky in that respect.

Try dialling 17070 on a handset (presuming you are with BT) and choose
the quiet line test (option #2, IIRC). Listen to see if there is any
background noise (maybe a humming sound). If possible, while listening,
try playing about with the connections on the back of the Solo - try
disconnecting it from the phone line first. Listen to see if there is
an obvious difference - if there is, then it's almost definitely an
earth problem.

It could still be some prob with the line, but the earth problem is
worth checking first I guess. If the above doesn't help, then try
removing as much stuff that may physically be connected to the earth
connections on your system, in order to try to isolate the piece of
kit that is causing the fault, as Craig suggested.

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