Winston,

The first thing I suggest is to move the modem to a different socket on
the MoBo.

In many cases, jumperless (PnP) modems are finicky and need to be the only
device in the PC when installed.  I have had the best luck by doing this.

1. Remove the modem from the Device Manager.
2. Shut down the PC.
3. Take out ALL auxilary cards (leaving *only* the video).
4. Reboot the PC and let if find and install the modem.
5. Shut down again.
6. Reinstall all extra cards.

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Winston Pike <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:51 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] V90 win modem


>OK, I fianally broke down and bought a new 56K modem.
>The brand is "Desk Link Advantage" and it has a Lucent chip
>on it.
>Of course the next thing I'm gonna say is "HELP!"
>Even using tha AT commands and the "S" registers to
>limit the modem speed to 33600, I'm still having problems
>connecting. The PnP went OK; installed as COM5/IRQ15
>the first time (couldn't use the TERMINAL program) so I
>removed the COM3 and reinstalled the 56K modem. It located
>itself at COM3/IRQ4 without a hitch this time.
>I can't get my internet dialer program to make a complete
>connection and using TERMINAL to manually login I can
>enter my user id and password but the ?garbage? comes up
>on the screen before I get the chance to enter "PPP" which is
>in my script for the normal login.
>This is with both V90 and 56flex turned on and off. With V90
>and flex turned on I can hear the extra tones for the higher
>connection rates (I got as high as 49333 once) and I can
>also hear the normal tones for negotiation with the V90 and
>flex turned off (from listening to my 33600 modem).
>I'm making a connection and loging in but I can't complete
>the login.
>Anyone esle gone through this and can help out the rest of us???
>
>PS: my system is a 486DX4-100, 20M RAM, WIN98
>the modem is DeskLink Advantage by ActionTec 16-bit ISA
>-----
>Right now I'd be happy just to get 33600 bps again.
>BTW my other 33600 died in the lightning storm we had this
>past Sunday.
>
>TIA
>
>Winston
>
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