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Been using the Motorola SURFboard SB5101 for nearly 2-3 years and out of no where now i encounter the Leds for the PC/Activity took sometime to startup say about 5 minutes or more. Used to bootup fine with all the leds turn on once i on the modem and pc. Other than that the rest of the green leds are fine.

Hmm don't tell me the surfboard is going hay wire?

2 to 3 years? For a modem, that's a pretty long time. Could be the power supply inside is failing. You could just leave it on all the time, we do that with our modem, but then again, there are 4 people using the Internet here so we all need access at any time of the day. Chris.

that is a long time for a modem to last. my 1st modem was that 1 you listed. it dies after a 1 1/2yr later. i now have a linksys now. wish i could get this brand new dlink dcm-202 to work with comcast but it doesnt work well with there speed boost. hell i sell it to ya for $ 30 plus the rid if ya want it? let me know it still in the box yet. since i cant send it back. i even did the update to it since dlink tech support had me do it. but it didnt work or help me any

so now i have a modem i cant even use. there went 80 buck down the drian!!

Unplug the power and try again. Should take between 30secs - 2min to obtain all lights unless there is a power issue with the signals.

Lastest update, the issue seem to be my dlink router instead. I unplug it from the router port and plug it directly to the modem and the other end to my pc and the pc activity leds bootup immediately

Comes to mind i've accidentally drop the router a few time before......