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| Thread ID: 37060 | 2003-08-27 11:21:00 | modem/speed/success | effie C (772) | Press F1 |
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| 170973 | 2003-08-28 04:10:00 | Your OS is win 98 on the machine with the modem in it, isn't it? you need the driver specific to the OS although some drivers span several OS's eg, 95-98-me, win2000 & XP. While the generic Conexant driver is likey to be fine getting one specific to the madem manufacturer will be better, having said that I believe you have a rebadged or OEM modem so finding out the exact manufacturer may be hard or pointless if they have followed the specs from conexant exactley. Conexant/Rockwell do not make modems just the chips/controllers on the modems. If you want to upgrade the firmware on the modem (flash the ROM, not a driver installation for the OS but embedded Read Only Memory on the modem) you will need to know exactley what the chip and revision is otherwise there is a very good chance that it will die an untimely death. What is the exact info the Conexant diagnosis gives you. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 170974 | 2003-08-28 04:15:00 | Effie C, if you are using XP, you dont need WinZip to access any file. XP has full winzip compatability for compressed files already built in. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 170975 | 2003-08-28 04:23:00 | Do you think we are on the right track GF? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 170976 | 2003-08-28 04:24:00 | Hi Murry P Oh! Dear!!! you put your finger on it- I am now operating in Win 98SE and went into that site and connected at a download speed of 56700bps-though I am sure it was not that before- I had found a win 98 modem upgrade - installed it and hence the reading BUT that means my XP will not do the same- as Godfather says as the connect speed is 115.2 kps - which proves the point that I must have the wrong drivers-IN W XP whereas now- in Win 98 the connect speed proves I now have the correct drivers for W98. Help!! what can I do about such - or is it academic and a no go!!!!!Knowing my luck this is the end of the search!!!! Now all I can do is say thank you to you all and bear my embaressment alone :-( effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 170977 | 2003-08-28 05:14:00 | > Do you think we are on the right track GF? I drove over the edge of the track a while back Murray! Did we know this machine was dual booting? Can't say I did . . . >I am now operating in Win 98SE and went into that site and connected at a download speed of 56700bps I have never seen a dial-up connect at the full rated speed, ever . . . I am confused, I need to lie down for a while . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 170978 | 2003-08-28 05:30:00 | Don't be embaressed, we just need the info to help . Post whats on the chips . Are you dual bootting between 98 & XP? if so you will need to download the correct driver each and load into the OS it relates to . Bear in mind that modems can be very fussy about accepting new drivers, etc, so several reboots, uninstalls amd teeth nashing may be required to get it running/identified in the system even before you start entering srtings to get it running sweetly . I'm a bit rusty on modems myself beacause I'm on DSL now but, I have a fine collection of USR, Dynalink, Lucent and ? modems, mostly of the hard ISA slot variety . I'm sure some are dead now due to botched upgrades so be kind to your nice hard modem :) Cheers Murray P PS . That V1 . 009 56_DLP or whatever, definitely relates to a Moterola Surfer but its an external model I think . Moterola site is useless at extracting old/archive material, or its me . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 170979 | 2003-08-28 10:56:00 | 567000 is still your port speed.56K is only a theoretical maximum speed of the modem,you won't actually get that,because of the digital to analogue switching in the exchange that drops off the top speed. Try putting in W2 in the extra settings.This will usually show your true speed. Peter |
Peter Coleman (597) | ||
| 170980 | 2003-08-28 11:06:00 | Basically we lack information. There is nothing too dangerous about opening your box and checking out you components. The main things are disconnect the power, open the box and ground yourself on the chassis. You can buy a strap, or do it the old fashioned way -grab the chassis firmly before you do anything else, this will discharge any residule static electricity. You can tell the modem from where you plug your phone line in. Its very easy to see the difference in the slots, and if you can't its time for a good cleanup. Anyway check out your modem, the writing will be very small on the chips thenselves(they ALL have identifying lettering on them. You may need a strong light ( and in my case reading glasses) You may have to pull the modem out to check it out properly, in which case you will probably have a connection to your sound card. Disconnect this noting carefully where it is plugged in,undo the fasteners to the case and pull the sucker out and give it the third degree. As I said there is nothing inherantly dangerous about this as long as you arn't too rough and take antistatic precautions. This would settle the chipset id once and for all and if this is an ISA or a Win modem. This is the basic info needed to start finding out about your modem. I think I have covered all the precautions you need to take others may add to what I have said , but you need to do this so we have the needed info. |
Rod ger (316) | ||
| 170981 | 2003-08-28 12:16:00 | A speed of 4.2 KB/s is fine. Although theoretically your modem can download at 56kbps you'll never get the max throughput of 7KB/s because at the hardware level various error correction techniques are taking place that are not counted by higher level functions not to mention data loss etc | rsnic (3780) | ||
| 170982 | 2003-08-28 12:43:00 | I connect at 115k probably once in 2 months, it has happened for the past 3months, so does this mean that the driver is loading incorectly sometimes or is it something else? | vk_dre (195) | ||
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