I formatted my hard drive and installed the correct driver for my modem. When it is installed on Com Port 3, the computer recognizes the modem but it does not detect the dial tone on my telephone line. When it is installed on Com Port 1, the computer cannot find the modem. About a year ago, the same thing happened. My daughter-in-law clicked on this and that and it worked. She had no idea what she did and has been no help on the current problem.
I have a Conexant 56k modem with F-1156IV/R9a printed on it. The driver is R9a_w9x under Windows 98. I have downloaded several drivers with similar designations but they all have the same results.
Please help if you can.[/b]
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Jump to PostFirst or all com1 and com3 are the same thing, as are com2 and com4. The difference is the addressing and IRQ, For this reason many modems install on com5...in any case com3 is fine...If you have the drivers loaded delete the modem from device manager, be sure an active …
Jump to PostI had the same problem with a BestData modem, One day I came home and I could not get it to work no matter what. It also said 'no dialtone'. I repaced it with another of the same exact model and everything worked fine. Somehow the modem suddenly became defective. …
Jump to PostWhen it comes to Poor lines.....long extension cables and cheap ISPs the best solution has always been a HARDWARE external modem.
Cheap internal modems are Usually software modems......Lucent Winmodems come to mind.....and rely HEAVILY on your CPU and your Operating Software.
There are a few hardware internal modems …
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