John97
Over The Hills And Far Away
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join:2000-11-14
Southampton, PA
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Re: Why the replacement Power Adapter?
My Actiontec is a Revision C. My original one was the brick-shaped (Revision A or B), and crapped out. It was quite some time ago when it died. VZ did a truck roll and the tech gave me a new router and made a big deal about connecting the new power adapter and wanted to take the old one along with the bad router. He actually forgot to take the power adapter with him. I still have it, and it works fine.
I have another Actiontec that belonged to a relative who no longer has FIOS. I tested it and the old adapter works fine, so I'll keep it as a spare.
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More Fiber
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join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA | It has been a while since I replaced mine.
IIRC, the new PS has a higher VA rating and also a toroidal filter on the cord. |
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GeekGirl1
The Medium IS the Message
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join:2007-01-28
Morrisville, PA
1 edit | FWIW, I just replaced the old adapter. The new adapter's VA rating is identical to the original (5 VDC @ 3 A), but the label is a bright yellow sticker and marked "Rev E". There's a molded ferrite core near the DC output plug.
For the past week or so, I was constantly losing the network connection (network connectivity lost, then reconnected). It was happening every few minutes, the interruption was for about a second or so.
Everything is hard-wired, the wireless interface is disabled. I'll see if the problem goes away with this new adapter. If not, I'll call for a replacement router. This is a good reminder, as my router is Rev A. |
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