crazyiness with modem and kudzu

[Dennis Calhoun]

On Sat, 08 May 2004 08:01:18 -0500, you wrote:

>As I recorded in an earlier message I could not get kudzu to recognise
>my new 56K Zoom modem. I tried everything. Ran kudzu with various
>options , reboioted, etc and not nothing worked.
>
>Last night I booted my machine and kudzu suddenly discovered that my
>modem was there and configured it. Well  that seemed good and led me to
>the Passover-like thought "Why was last night different from any other
>night?"
>
>Well my feeling that things were finally going right was dashed when
>this morning I booted my machine and kudzu said that my Zoom modem had
>been removed and did I want to remove the configuration. I said no but
>in the kudzu hwconf data base the zoom modem is marked as detached.
>
>Any comments, anyone?

Seems like it could be a connection defect. You might try reseating
the modem in its slot, clean the contacts while you have it out and
maybe try it in a different slot.

Another point.... over the years I've come to understand the
advantages in leaving a computer turned on all the time, if it is used
daily. Turning one off and back on each day can caused "chip creep" as
parts warm up and cool down repeatedly.

Dennis C.