December 31, 2003
AJ Modem power problem
With everyone that matter having upped and retired, leaving us kids to carry one as well as we can, I started the day pretending to be Don Borne, Data Repair. Fortunately, in his haste to depart, he left THE BOOK -- his binder with all of his notes.
The trouble ticket said to replace the power supply on an AJ modem. Arriving at the scene I found:
The problem was that the power cord is simply a push on, and was not fully pushed on and was making and breaking it's power connection. It had been pushed on all the way, but someone had bumped the arrangement, maybe moved the moden foreward, and partially pulled the cord out. The solution?
Checked behind the case where the power attaches -- all clear. Place a small screw into the modem case, just up and left of the power attachment. Run a small wrap-tie around the screw and power cord, holding it snug. The cord cannot come out without first cutting the wrap-tie.Posted by at December 31, 2003 10:37 AM
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