Re: Dead Uther?

[touchstone <bechcorp@gmail.com>]

On Aug 20, 6:40 am, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Steven Hirsch" <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote in messageDt2dncY0N_SJnzHVnZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@giganews.com">news:Dt2dncY0N_SJnzHVnZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@giganews.com...
> > Simon D. Williams wrote:
> >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Bill Garber wrote:
>
> >>> God, Please, NO!!! Not likely that the card went bad.
>
> >> Sadly it seems to be so... I tried my *other*
> >> Uther card in the GS (amazing I didn't think of
> >> that sooner!) and it worked perfectly, so the
> >> only possibility is the card itself.
>
> >> No idea what might have gone wrong since I have
> >> my GS behind two surge protectors and a UPS...
> >> possibly heat? I have a MicroDrive with attached
> >> 2.5" HDD in S2 and a ComputerEyes video card in
> >> S3 with the Uther in S4, though I had my first
> >> Uther in that set-up for over a year and it's
> >> still fine. Maybe just bad luck?
>
> > All the power line filtering in the world won't
> > save the PHY interface from events carried in on
> > the ethernet cable itself.  Do you live in an area
> > with frequent electrical storms and/or lots of dry
> > weather?
>
> > Steve
>
> That was going to be my next line of defense.
>
> I never leave any external lines plugged into my
> Apple IIs when not in use. Basically, because the
> next one I'm setting up uses the same cables, most
> of the time. But, I would try swapping the modules
> between the two cards, as it could be just the
> 74xxx245, which is cheap and easy to replace. The
> main card is merely an interface between the Apple
> buss and the Ethernet module.
>
> Bill Garber from GS-Electronicshttp://www.garberstreet.com

I would try swaping the modules, but i only have one card.
I did mull over replacing the some components, but if I replace one,
I'll
socket the card and replace all three.  This is probably the
road I will take.