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| Thread ID: 28167 | 2002-12-12 08:59:00 | modem slower with Win XP? | rocktap (2759) | Press F1 |
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| 105428 | 2002-12-12 08:59:00 | I have just upgraded to Windows XP and discovered that my external dynalink modem, which worked perfectly under Win 2K, is now very slow. I changed to a pci internal modem (Lucent Chipset, and performance is better, but i still find connection speed to be slower than before. I am using XP driver. I used to connect at 40kbps, now typically its 33 to 36 kbps. Any suggestions? | rocktap (2759) | ||
| 105429 | 2002-12-12 11:35:00 | You could partition your HDD & do a dual boot sytem using 98 for D/loading larger files | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 105430 | 2002-12-12 18:05:00 | Hey Have you tried using the manufacterer's drivers (the latest ones from their website?) instead of Windows Drivers?? this may help Also, who's your ISP - because I used to be connecting to Xtra around 36000kbps now its up to 40000 (wonder how long it will stay there - goes touches wood) CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 105431 | 2002-12-12 20:10:00 | Good suggestion - will try their driver. I'm with xtra too but its gone the other way - used to be 40k+, now 33 to 37! | rocktap (2759) | ||
| 105432 | 2002-12-12 20:12:00 | Unfortunately I've formatted disk NTFS. So you reckon XP is just slower? | rocktap (2759) | ||
| 105433 | 2002-12-12 20:23:00 | >> So you reckon XP is just slower? I wouldn't have thought so. My Dynalink external modem works just the same on this Win XP Home PC as it does for the Win 98 PC. It is a FAT32 system but I wouldn't have thought that would have anything to do with it. The problem could be elsewhere? Haven't got much experience on this sort of thing sorry. *thinks: where's that godfather?* |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 105434 | 2002-12-12 20:26:00 | Just thought of something else: I downloaded and installed the Win XP driver but didn't like it so got rid of it and installed the Win 2000 driver off the Dynalink's setup CD and that works fine. Maybe that would be worth a try for you? | Susan B (19) | ||
| 105435 | 2002-12-12 20:36:00 | If the external modem was a "hardware modem" (it connected using RS232 serial port, and NOT USB) then the operating system would play little part in the connect speed, unless there were some settings under "advanced" in the modem properties limiting the connect speed. Win XP is not slower, but you have not said what processor speed and RAM you are using, so cannot comment on that. It may just be co-incididental that the slowdown occurred at the OS change time. Perhaps it is being reported better now, has your data throughput speed dropped as well? Sometimes slower connect speeds can be more reliable, giving less errors and actual data transfer speeds are better. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 105436 | 2002-12-12 20:45:00 | I think you may be right in that it reports the speed more accurately now. Its hard to gauge but web page downloads seem about the same. The pc has 1000 mhz processor and 393 meg ram so that can't be the issue. Thanks for your coments. | rocktap (2759) | ||
| 105437 | 2002-12-12 20:48:00 | I started with the Win 2000 driver and it was painfully slow - the XP driver was better but download speed seemed to decline as you stayed online. Now that I've changed to the internal pci modem (Lucent), its definitely better. Thanks for your help - much appreciated. | rocktap (2759) | ||
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