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Posted by Bill M. on March 1, 2006, 9:25 pm
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:58:55 -0600, Peabody
>It appears that my occasional problems with my PCX2200 involve the
>RF connector. I've tried changing the cable, but that made no
>difference.
>
>When the modem starts to act up (massive packet loss when pinging my
>default gateway), I've discovered that I can reach over and
>generally mess with that connector, and it will start working ok
>again. Sometimes, I can "fix" it by unscrewing the connection
>several turns and just leaving it that way.
>
>If I set up Ping to do 50 or so in succession, I can see it stop
>losing packets as I unscrew the cable. At other times, I can fix it
>by screwing the cable back in, at least part of the way. But none
>of these fixes last very long.
>
>Well I've taken the modem apart (those tamper-proof torx screws were
>a bitch), and it seems the connector in question is inside a
>completely-enclosed tuner assembly. The tuner appears to have a
>snap-on top, but it doesn't want to move, and there appear to be
>things inside the tuner which are soldered into holes in that top.
>
>Has anyone here ever removed the top from that tuner? Did that turn
>out to be a destructive disassembly? Does anyone have a dead 2200
>he could take apart and tell me how I can get to that connector?
I don't have that model, but two things come to mind.
1. Have you ever heard the phrase, "No user serviceable parts inside"?
2. Did you happen to mention who owns it?
Good luck with it. :-)
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