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| Thread ID: 22795 | 2002-07-30 11:19:00 | The missing modem under Win2k | scott.walters (1268) | Press F1 |
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| 66833 | 2002-07-30 11:19:00 | Hi there: I am using a USR 56k external modem under WIN2k SP2 and when I try and dial out I get the following message tooooo often. Opening port................. Error 797: The connection failed because the modem (or other connecting device) was not found. Please make sure that the modem or other connecting device is installed. Believe it or not, sometimes the modem works perfectly. I only get the error some times. Opening up Control Panel and using the Add/Remove Hardware process picks up the modem and I can then dial out. Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance. Scott Walters |
scott.walters (1268) | ||
| 66834 | 2002-07-30 11:34:00 | Make sure all the connections are Securely in place, if that link doesn't help then you may want to check out the following link also. "Error 797" Error Message When You Attempt to Establish a Dial-Up Connection (support.microsoft.com) At the bottom of that webpage are two more links you may want to look at, one is specifically about a US Robotics external modem not being detected. |
Sam H (525) | ||
| 66835 | 2002-08-29 01:49:00 | Thanks Sam: YOur suggestions looked promising ,but all that has happened is that my connection speeds are regularly a bit higher. One thing that I have noticed is that my PC seems to power up at about 9pm and there is an error in the event viewer relating to a failed TCP process, so it looks to me like something is trying to connect to the Internet. I always get the error message when I try and dial up if the PC has self started in this fashion. |
scott.walters (1268) | ||
| 66836 | 2002-08-29 02:14:00 | I have found that a failed access attempt can result it the modem not being recognised unless the PC is rebooted. Also shutting down while connected can do it. | godfather (25) | ||
| 66837 | 2002-08-29 03:00:00 | I had a problem like that with my USR modem and 2000SP2 and it turned out to be 2000's detection of the com port was incorrect. All I did to fix it was remove the com ports and modem under the Device Manager and let 2000 redetect them and reinstall them and it was fine. Try that. | John Grieve (367) | ||
| 66838 | 2002-08-29 04:25:00 | Do you sometimes turn the modem on before the computer, and sometimes not? Is there a correlation? This could be Plug & Pray biting ankles again. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 66839 | 2002-08-29 06:26:00 | The PC seems to fire itself up at about PM every night for some reason and when I turn the modem on, it can't find the port. This is not the only occurrence of this, just the most common. I will try the suggestion to uninstall the port. | scott.walters (1268) | ||
| 66840 | 2002-08-29 07:09:00 | I gather it is an external modem. I'm having the same problem. If I turn the modem on while booting everything works fine even if I turn the modem off and then on again later but if the modem is not on while it is booting it spits a dummy. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 66841 | 2002-08-30 01:53:00 | That's by design, it's so the system wouldn't be left with unused drivers hanging around after you remove hardware. As Far as Win2K is concerned if it's not switched on at the start the device isn't there. You can do a scan for hardware changes in device manager which will pick it up. Thankfully it's not an issue in WinXP. |
Brent P (198) | ||
| 66842 | 2002-08-30 02:46:00 | Good god thats the first thing I have seen about XP that actually is an improvement :D .............but it's not quite enough to convince me yet. | John Grieve (367) | ||
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