Just a thought, make sure that the com port(s) in the bios is(are) disabled
if you don't need either one, or if there are jumpers on the modems for
ports and such, pull them off. Boot in safemode and make sure there's no
other extra modems/ports hanging out in the device manager.

Dave Jones

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Syed" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] OS doen't detect Internal PCI 56k modem


> Hi, I just bought about 20 used or pulled internal modems from a reputable
ebay seller. These modems are all 56k PCI V.90 with a PCTel Chipset. I was
able to locate appropriate drivers for all of them. However i have tried
installing them on various brand name machines with different processor
speeds. Mostly p2 350mhz, and even p3,550mhz with both Win 98 and Win 2000.
> The problem i have is that once i install the modem in the PCI slot( and i
tried different slot)the OS doesn't detect a new hardware. After manually
loading the modem, when i perform the diagnostics i get the message that
"modem not turned on or not installed". I can't imagine that all 20 of these
modems are bad or incompatible with the motherboard.
>
> If anyone have any suggestion solution or way of getting this thing work,
i would appreciate a response.
>
> Regards
>
> Ed
>
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