The problem with Creative products is that they never bothered to update the
software for many of their older devices for ME compatibility, they just
came out with a new model of the product and made that ME compatible, or if
the device was a more expensive one, as in their SoundBlaster sound cards
line (specifically from SB Live Value and up) they eventually came out with
updates for ME. Anything older than the SB Live Value card never had an ME
update.
However, ME would have had to install its own drivers in order for the modem
to work at all, and as a result your modem may have been recognized as
something completely different than what it actually is. For example, before
I went to cable internet I used an AOpen 56K speakerphone/Data/Fax modem,
but after installing ME it was recognized as a HFC Internal 56K modem, which
I believe is Rockwell because the chipset on the AOpen modem is from
Rockwell, and only recently did I find the update for ME at the AOpen site
and once I installed it the modem was recognized as the AOpen, but even when
it was installed as just the HFC modem, it still worked normally, I was
connecting at speeds between 47000-53000, the same as when it was recognized
as the AOpen. This is why I don't buy that lame excuse that ISP techies are
trained to give when their users call for support because they keep getting
disconnected. As far as I'm concerned it is just a way to get rid of the
user as fast as possible so that they can move on to the next one. You'd
actually think that these guys are working on commission.....LOL!



> I just went to Creative's web site.  There is no new driver for Win Me,
only
> a .pdf file for installing.  Your tech guy must have been hosing you. If
you
> are running the 5061-1inf.exe driver dated 5/7/99, that's as updated as it
> gets. Go ahead and reinstall from Creative's CD, then look under drivers
for
> Win 98 for the .inf file dated 5/7/99. That is apparently as current as
> you're going to get.  In fact, if you bought this modem after late 1999
you
> may have already been running the most current driver when you uninstalled
> the modem.  If the inf file on the CD is 5/7/99, just install using that
and
> keep on truckin'.
>
> Subject: RE: [PCBUILD] Unable to Install New Driver for Creative Modem
> Blaster Model Flash 56II - Isa Based Modem
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> When you tried to download the Creative driver from its web site you say
the
> function did not work.  What function did not work? Was the driver you got
> from drivers.com an updated Win Me driver for this modem?  I have this
exact
> modem, and when I checked Creative's site for updates I could only find a
> driver dated 7/1999 which I think is only slightly younger than this
modem.
> It just may be that you didn't download an update that runs in Win Me so
it
> would not recognize the .inf file. Have you tried letting Win Me install
its
> own driver for it?  If you do that you can just update the driver by going
> to device manager, double-click modem, highlight your modem, click
> properties, click on the driver tab, then click on update driver(of course
> you will need to have an updated driver with an .inf file handy).  If you
> can't get a new driver to install,reinstall your old one from the Creative
> CD, then just update it from device manager.
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> I have been loosing my internet connection to my ISP.  Their tech suipport
> rep felt that I needed to update my modem drivers.  I navigated to the
> Creative  Site and tried to download a new driver for the modem.  Creative
> indicated that an updated driver was available. I tried to download the
> driver but the function did not work.  All I was able to do was view the
> instruction page describing the install method.
> I went to "drivers.com" and located a driver for the modem.  I downloaded
it
> and placed it on a floppy uninstalled the modem from my PC and re-booted.
> The modem was found and I directed the installation program to the .inf
file
> on the floppy.  It would not recognize the file and bailed out back to the
> screen telling me that it could not locate a new driver for the modem.
>
>  I'm running WIN ME!  Which is the only thing that I can think of that may
> be causing the problems.

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