Slow, slow, slow (III) !

>That makes NO logical sense whatsoever.

Got me scratching my head too.

Why in the world would you want to go through that trouble?

Do you rewire the entire electrical system while your at it?

> "I replace Ethernet cables and phone cables as a matter of course ever few months whether, they appear to need them or not."

Why? That makes NO logical sense whatsoever. None.

I replace Ethernet cables and phone cables as a matter of course ever few months whether, they appear to need them or not. when installed the used Cat% cable from phone box out side of the house to Wall Jack. Te Modem and Router?switch are orignals installed when system was installed.

Paradyne ReachDSL 6350 Modem
D-Link DL-704
(might be DI, the character after the D is just a straight line).
They had to set up the Router from some software they had.

pj,

If the line test is OK, at least you know that you're probably OK to as far as the demarcation jack. But any modem/router/switch, network, and/or firewall misconfiguration and/or bad cable or cable connections inside your home or office can also mess up signal transmission.

Neil

You're one determined equipment, wrecker, pj. :D

To Neil what I was answering was the comment made just before my reply, "Haven't you ever got anything out of the box that didn't work."

I'll check with my ISP about the test.

To Ra'Mon:

I put in a CD off center, wasn't sitting flat down in the Tray and got it jammed when I got it out would accept a CD/DVD but would no long read the CD/DVD. Fortunate it happened just a month before my Applecare contract was up. Got it replaced free of Charge. I even told the dealer How I screwed it up. But he gotit replaced anyway.

Pj,

How on Earth did you manage to damage a Superdrive in a G4?

pj,

Your Panasonic and SE30, et al, are irrelevant to what you're experiencing. Ask your ISP to do a line test so you can rule that out.

Neil

If I talk about it I am sure I will have it Happen. But So far everything I have ever bought always worked out of the box.

Now on down the line, is a different story. I've bought Zip and Jazz Drives That have worked great out of the box but after warranty was out failed.
It was always cheaper buy new than have repaired.

Even a cousin brought me a camera a month ago, he bought new couldn't figure out even how to turn it on, and put in a closet. Its an Old Panasonic 1.3 Mega-Pixel, that uses a 120mb Super drive to hold the pictures. It still works, takes great pictures. The Super Drive even works. I had an external SuperDrive by iMation and it went bad. would love to have another.

I've had and SE/30, a 7100/66, a G4-500, and a PowerBook 17" (1.67GB) all work out of the box. I've only had to replace the Super Drive CD-ROM/DVD-RAM drive in the G4. And that was my fault for damaging it.

As for the Adobe Forums. They are the only ones I have trouble out of.

that doesn't rule out anything. that's just jumping to conclusions. sometimes stuff comes bad out of the box. sometimes it fails after a week. sometimes it lasts "forever". what does that prove about your situation? nothing.

you must know that. are you saying you never bought a "gadget" brought it home, plugged it in and found out it didn't work?