"Graham" <me@privicy.net> wrote in message news:42e3eea0_1@x-privat.org...
>
>
> "Alan Foster" <nochance@all.com> wrote in message
> news:opsuextnsia48l90@office...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just in case this is a common problem I offer the following info:
> >
> > All owners of BT-100's will know that the power connector is decidedly
> > dodgy, and I have now experienced a real heart-stopping moment as a
> result!
> >
> > Tried to reconfigure for an alternative service provider and whilst
> > rebooting, the power failed briefly and phone refused to complete the
boot
> > process. Power cycling did not help - it would sit there flashing its
> > led's all day with an incomplete boot. If I lifted the hook, it would
> > settle down and allow access through the web interface, but would not
> > connect.
> >
> > With the web interface accessed, I tried changing all the configuration
> > back to exactly as it was before and tried another reboot. Same
thing...
> > wouldn't complete the reboot - or to be more precise, wouldn't log on...
> > just sat there flashing its bloody lights! It seemed that the flash
> > memory was corrupted!
> >
> > I decided that before I did anything else I would sort out the dodgy
power
> > supply. The plug was found to be a 2.5mm internal, and the socket a
2.1mm
> > pin! I replaced the plug on the power supply lead.
> >
> > Now with good power I tried everything again, but it was no good,
although
> > configuration changes could be made, the boot cycle would not complete.
> >
> > In total desperation - 'what have I got to loose, it's about to go in
the
> > bin' mode - I went for the option to reset to factory default. However,
I
> > as I began to enter the MAC address, it connected!!! I hadn't even
> > completed the reset operation... say no more... cancel the reset and try
> > the phone.
> >
> > Made a call from my landline to the VoIP number, and it worked!!!
> >
> > Don't know whether the half reset will cure everybody's frozen BT-100
> > though, so the moral of this tale is:
> >
> > ***** Change the power plug to the correct size *****
> >
> > Regards
> > Alan.
> >
> > --
> > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client:
>
>
>
> I have often wondered why two connectors with such a microscopic
difference
> were developed.
>
> I wonder if one was originally made to an imperial measurement?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Graham.
>
>
>
> %Profound_observation%
>
>
"microscopic difference"? Hardly, 0.4m/m or 0.01574" or very nearly
1/64" can't be described as "microscopic".