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| Thread ID: 33092 | 2003-05-07 01:20:00 | Modem failure | Chris Randal (521) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 141958 | 2003-05-07 02:17:00 | Only problem is that the mouse plug will only fit in one port........ | Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 141959 | 2003-05-07 02:22:00 | Aha. Try with the mouse unplugged. See if the modem is found. If that works, I'd remove the modem card and look for jumpers which select the COM port it uses. (In you can't change the modem, there are adapters to change from 9pin to 25pin so the mouse will work on the other connector). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 141960 | 2003-05-07 02:27:00 | Thanks Graham I'll try it tonight Chris |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 141961 | 2003-05-07 03:36:00 | it migt be easier to open the pc and swap the serial port plugs over so the mouse is on com1. saves mucking around with modem settings. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 141962 | 2003-05-07 04:07:00 | You sneaky fellow, tweak'e. :O That's a very good idea. The connectors on the back have flat cables going to little black rectangular sockets which plug onto pins on the motherboard (or on a multifunction card ... ). Just swap the two over. Just maintain the orientation. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 141963 | 2003-05-07 04:13:00 | Thanks folks - I'll try it tonight and report back. Can I take it that if it doesn't work the modem has had it? |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 141964 | 2003-05-07 05:00:00 | Not necessarily so . If you had had a lightning strike there would probably be different symptoms (like a smoking computer :D) . You have the modem on a mouse on COM ports which share an IRQ . This is a well known, and common, cause of one or both not working . There are other way things can fail, but the idea is to eliminate this obvious situation . If it still doesn't work, maybe . If it was a 14 . 4 modem, you'ld probably have bought a faster one anyway . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 141965 | 2003-05-07 05:25:00 | But why would it happen all of a sudden??? | Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 141966 | 2003-05-07 05:29:00 | Because. :D I suspect that you have a plug and pray modem, which Windows changed the settings for. It does that. :-( |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 141967 | 2003-05-08 02:39:00 | None of it worked, and I couldn't find my way around the ribbon cable so we have decided to bite the bullet and spend $600 with QMB computers to get an upgrade. A p2/150 with 23M of RAM is a little slow anyway. Thanks for the help though - you guys are great. |
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