Alarm going off ....ding..ding,,,ding....

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HELLO OVER THERE...ACROSS THE POND I SIT HERE IN HOLLAND OHIO USATHE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND...NOW THANKS FOR THE HELP TO DATE ...BUT...AND THERE IS ALWAYS A "BUT "I THINK I STUMBLED AND I MEAN STUMBLEDUPON THE PROBLEM AND THOUGHT I WOULD ASK YOUR ADVICE AND INPUT IN THEHOPES THAT YOU ALL COULD / WOULD ADD THIS INFO TO YOUR TICKLER FILE FORTHE FUTURE "STUMBLERS.WELL HERE IS THE REST OF THE STORY...I JUSTPURCHASED THIS UNIT ON E BAY FROM SOME ONE WHO I HAVE PURCHASED 3OTHERS IN THE PAST..THIS COMPUTER AS THE OTHERS DID NOT COME WITH A 56K MODEM SO I USE THE DYNEX 300M EXTERNAL UNIT AND HAVE BEEN VERYHARPY WITH THE PRODUCT SO I BOUGHT 2 MORE ON E BAY SO I HAVE A TOTAL OF3 MODEMS ....NOW HERE IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON ONE COMPUTER THEDYNEX WORKS FINE BUT NONE OF THE MODEMS WORK ON THE IBM PROPERLY THEYMUST BE RE-SET WHEN THE COMPUTER IS TURNED ON SO THEY THEN CONNECT METO THE INTERNET NOW WE GET TO THE "GUTS OF IT ...I TOOK THE MODEM FROMTHE COMPUTER THAT WORKED PROPERLY .....AND I ALSO TOOK THE USB HOOKUPCORD..."WHOLA" PROBLEM SOLVED...IT WORKED WITH ALL THE MODEMS IT WASTHE THE HOOKUP USB WIRE ALLTHE TIME '''WATSON"........I THEN NOTEDTHAT THE OTHER 2 WIRE THAT I WAS USING WITH THE MODEM WERE THINNER THENTHE ONE THAT I USED WITH THE MODEM THAT WORKED PROPERLY...SO YOU SEE IHAD THE WRONG USB WIRE THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM "I DO BELIEVE "INYOUR OPINION COULD THIS HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH THE ALARM???? IFYOU ANSWER YES THEN I WISH TO APPLY FOR A JOB AT YOUR FIRM AND MAKE THEBIG BUCKS LIKE YOU ALL DO.WELL THANKS FOR THE HELP YOU GAVE WHAT YOUDID IS MAKE AN OLD RETIRED PUT HIS BRAIN BACK TO WORK.THANKS AGAIN RALPH oo7my hat's off to the team accross the pond