I believe my ISP has been trying to fob me off. For the past few months I had a problem with my ADSL connection randomly going dead while I was online, but not actually disconnecting. We ruled out everything from the modem, drivers, other hardware and the line. When nothing solved the problem, they told me that AMD Athlon and AthlonXP processors were known to have a 'power regulation issue' with ADSL modems, and that may explain the problem. They advised me to buy a router with its own power supply. Instead, I installed WindowsXP (used W98SE before) and this has solved the problem.
I can't help but wonder though, were they trying to fob me off? I find it hard to believe that the processor was the problem.
I can't help but wonder though, were they trying to fob me off? I find it hard to believe that the processor was the problem.