Just wanted to stop by to update:
I got it going- finally! <thanks Cam>
Turned out to be a conflict over IRQ 3 between the telephone modem & the video card. Additionally, the video onboard would not uninstall. After removing the modem in device manager & physically taking it out of the PC, I had to boot to safe mode to remove the video adapter, restart in safe mode to get the VGA driver to load. Then the video card back in & installed.
Finally, one more install of the modem. After that, the modem took IRQ 11.
Thanks all for your time & ideas... hope this helps someone else down the road (I won't forget the solution),
LT
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