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Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 3:39 PM

"SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Failed to acquire QAM/QPSK symbol timing" on SB8200 Modem

I've been having intermittent connection issues for the past couple months after 5+ years of no service issues. I can tell looking at my modem that it's the dreaded QAM/QPSK error, but don't think anything looks out of spec on the channels. Haven't changed anything within the house in terms of coax connections either, so would think it maybe has something to do with the drop out to the neighborhood box?

Downstream Bonded Channels
Channel ID Lock Status Modulation Frequency Power SNR/MER Corrected Uncorrectables
9 Locked QAM256 549000000 Hz 3.0 dBmV 41.3 dB 0 0
1 Locked QAM256 495000000 Hz 3.4 dBmV 42.1 dB 0 0
2 Locked QAM256 507000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 42.1 dB 0 0
3 Locked QAM256 513000000 Hz 3.3 dBmV 41.9 dB 0 0
4 Locked QAM256 519000000 Hz 3.4 dBmV 42.0 dB 0 0
5 Locked QAM256 525000000 Hz 3.5 dBmV 42.2 dB 0 0
6 Locked QAM256 531000000 Hz 3.4 dBmV 42.2 dB 0 0
7 Locked QAM256 537000000 Hz 3.6 dBmV 42.2 dB 0 0
8 Locked QAM256 543000000 Hz 3.2 dBmV 41.7 dB 0 0
10 Locked QAM256 555000000 Hz 2.7 dBmV 41.4 dB 0 0
11 Locked QAM256 561000000 Hz 2.8 dBmV 41.7 dB 0 0
12 Locked QAM256 567000000 Hz 2.3 dBmV 41.6 dB 0 0
13 Locked QAM256 573000000 Hz 2.2 dBmV 41.7 dB 0 0
14 Locked QAM256 579000000 Hz 1.8 dBmV 41.4 dB 0 0
15 Locked QAM256 585000000 Hz 1.6 dBmV 41.5 dB 0 0
16 Locked QAM256 591000000 Hz 1.3 dBmV 41.5 dB 0 0
17 Locked QAM256 597000000 Hz 1.0 dBmV 41.3 dB 0 0
18 Locked QAM256 603000000 Hz 0.7 dBmV 41.2 dB 0 0
19 Locked QAM256 609000000 Hz 0.3 dBmV 41.0 dB 0 0
20 Locked QAM256 615000000 Hz 0.1 dBmV 41.0 dB 0 0
21 Locked QAM256 621000000 Hz -0.4 dBmV 40.8 dB 0 0
22 Locked QAM256 627000000 Hz -0.6 dBmV 40.6 dB 0 0
23 Locked QAM256 633000000 Hz -0.4 dBmV 40.7 dB 0 0
37 Locked Other 762000000 Hz -0.5 dBmV 38.5 dB 933357784 0
38 Not Locked QAM256 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 42.4 dB 0 0
39 Locked QAM256 471000000 Hz 4.0 dBmV 42.3 dB 0 0
40 Locked QAM256 477000000 Hz 4.1 dBmV 42.4 dB 0 0
41 Locked QAM256 483000000 Hz 4.0 dBmV 42.2 dB 0 0
42 Locked QAM256 489000000 Hz 3.8 dBmV 42.4 dB 0 0
43 Locked QAM256 447000000 Hz 4.0 dBmV 42.5 dB 0 0
44 Locked QAM256 453000000 Hz 4.0 dBmV 42.3 dB 0 0
45 Locked QAM256 459000000 Hz 3.8 dBmV 42.5 dB 0 0


Upstream Bonded Channels
Channel Channel ID Lock Status US Channel Type Frequency Width Power
1 1 Locked SC-QAM Upstream 35600000 Hz 6400000 Hz 33.0 dBmV
2 2 Locked SC-QAM Upstream 29200000 Hz 6400000 Hz 33.0 dBmV
3 3 Locked SC-QAM Upstream 22800000 Hz 6400000 Hz 33.0 dBmV
4 4 Locked SC-QAM Upstream 16400000 Hz 6400000 Hz 34.0 dBmV
5 9 Locked SC-QAM Upstream 39600000 Hz 1600000 Hz 30.0 dBmV

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6 days ago

Hello, @fightinillini229! Thank you for taking the time to visit our Xfinity Community Forum and posting this connectivity concern along with some specs. You've come to the right place! Between our awesome Digital Care Team and wonderful community, I'm sure we can help you figure this out :) Of course, a great place to start is with these Connection Troubleshooting Tips. Do you see anything there you hadn't thought to check yet? If so, may I have you take some time to make any necessary adjustments before letting us know if you see a difference in service/connectivity? Don't worry. If we need to take a closer look at your account, service, and equipment, we'll prompt you to send us a direct message as we're always happy to see what can be done remotely (or by scheduling a tech visit).

Nothing here that we haven't tried multiple times. Additionally, phone support has sent multiple reset signals and "updated the modem firmware" but still intermittent issues.

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8 hours ago

@fightinillini229 @XfinityJohnG 

Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in these open public forums so that all readers here may benefit from the exchange / info. This is in keeping with the spirit for which these public help forums were originally intended. Thank you.

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