>
>Hello Richard,
>I also had problems with the Modem at first wanting to go to COM1 and there
>was somthing
>there already. And had to uninstall it totally and install it by way of
>Control Panel, in the New Hardware
>section. And that finally worked and it picked the right COM port for it. I
>finally chose COM3 and then it
>worked much better.
>The first things I did when I installed this, before I put anything else on
>here, including drivers, was I went
>and immediately got the SP2 for this and alllllllll the critial updates such
>as the Security ones.
>I DID NOT put Windows Media Player, NO NO NO on IE 5.5 or IE6
>I DID NOT put DirectX 8 nothing on here either. I have done lots of homework
>with that. DirectX7 is just fine and dandy.
>Unless your playing games on here and I dont, so I dont need all that.
>After I did that, I then put in all the updates for the Motherboard. 4in1
>Drivers, AGP drivers, there was a PageFile patch
>for all AMD Athlons. I put that in here. There was a MiniPort Driver update
>and also a Separate other AGP for the 4in1 that
>didnt have that one included in the 4in1. After that I did put in the Video
>Card Drivers. Then Sound Card
>Them Modem and other things. That is the order I went. And because I had all
>the drivers I needed and were up to date.
>I am sure that had a lot to do with the ease of this set up.
>I also after that went back to Windows Update to see if there were any
>updated drivers that I didnt have. And there
>was one on that try. And that was for the Modem. I held off on any of their
>other suggested drivers until I put in all the
>Manufacturers recommended ones. And when I went back that last time, those
>were all gone except for the Modem drivers.
>What I did find was one problem is the TCP/IP numbers I had, didnt seem to
>like being in the new OS. I called my ISP and got
>new ones. Because even after I got it to take the right COM port, it still
>would not dial me up. And that is what did it.
>And I also changed the phone number it dials into. So, that is what I did
>and now I am up and running very well with the modem
>and its coming in between 48 and 49 BPS and that is just great really.
>Printers and scanner........................cant help you. I dont use them.
>One day I might. But have not yet LOL Go figure.
>And Creative I hear is having a lot of problems with Win2k Pro. But I do
>believe that Microsoft does have the fix for this
>if I am not mistaken. I have read so much in the last two days, I am sure I
>rememeber seeing some things about that there.
>And one thing I do know, is yes, if you are going to use a separate sound
>card, you must disable the one that is on your MotherBoard
>or you will def have major conflicts. And yes, sometimes the Sound Card and
>Modem dont like being close to each other.
>But especially, sound and Video cards dont like being close either. May have
>to move them around and try different set ups with that.
>Ahhhhhhhhh you know what I remember reading is DirectX 8.1 and Creative on
>Win2000kPro are not liking the marriage.
>And if you have that on there, that could be the huge problem. DirectX7 is
>by far the best so far and most stable. Have not ever had
>a problem with that one yet. One problem though, is you cant go backward
>with that one. You have to reformat and start over if you
>want to go back to DirectX7. :-(
>Hope this helps you.
>Regards,
Sue Dobbs
>
>Russ and brighteyes:
>
>I have the very same situation. I am having trouble with my usb
>printer and sound card. Also saying my modem is not present &
>forcing a reinstall working for maybe a couple days then occuring
>again. Creative soundblaster said to disable on-board sound and
>modem and try another PCI slot. I have done that without luck.
>Creative has not responded yet to my new request. IRQ's are
>available! I also tried allowing manual IRQ in the bios without luck.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Richard Bolha
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