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| 66135 | 2002-07-28 00:56:00 | upgraded to Win98SE. Modem no longer connects. Dynalink/Connexant PCI HCF modem factory set to com port 3. Instr says card is modem and com port combined. So no luck adding com port 3 to 1 and 2 fitted by SE update. Next port added is com 4. Mouse is in com 1. Error msg is 'no dial tone' although I can hear the dial tone. Ph # will not dial. Conflict seems to be with modem in com 3 but I cannot change it. Yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times. Q. If I shift the mouse to com 2 with a cable adaptor 9 pin to 15 pin will it solve problem? No conflicts shown in device manager...yet I believe mouse in com 1 and modem in com3 will not work. Help!!!! |
Ronald (196) | ||
| 66136 | 2002-07-28 03:32:00 | Mouse in com1 and modem in com3 will not work. COM1 and COM3 both use IRQ 4, COM2 and COM4 use IRQ3. Can you not get the modem to COM4? You shouldn't have to move the mouse, but that would work. The modem should work as COM4 if you have nothing in COM2, but it will pay to disable COM2 in the BIOS setup. To use the modem as COM2 you would have to disable the motherboard COM2. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 66137 | 2002-07-28 04:22:00 | many thanks Graham. Will ask searching questions of Dynalink NZ tomorrow. Ron |
Ronald (196) | ||
| 66138 | 2002-07-28 04:33:00 | These modems have an absolute mind of their own and I find it impossible to force one that I have to work on IRQ other than 10. It installs itself on COM3 and there is no conflict because the IRQ is 10. If I disable COM1 in the BIOS, force the modem onto IRQ4, the diagnostics say it is working ok, but when I try to dial out I get your error message of "no dial tone". So what I would do is go into System-Device Manager, look at Conexant PCI Modem Enumerator- Properties, and check on the IRQ in Resources. If it is not IRQ4, then it wont be conflicting with COM1, but in any case try setting the resources manually instead of automatically and try a different IRQ. Double click on Computer in Device Manager to get a list of IRQ allocations. Better still consign these heaps of junk to the rubbish bin. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 66139 | 2002-07-28 04:41:00 | I hate all automatic configuration. X-( I like being able to set jumpers, and knowing that what I have set is going to stay set. The same with software setting up: if I edit a config file, that's what it's going to be tomorrow. ;-) The computer does not know better. Sometimes, it gets lucky. :-) Sometimes it doesn't. X-( | Graham L (2) | ||
| 66140 | 2002-07-28 04:57:00 | Thats absolutely right Graham, it really annoys me when these stupid bits of hardware with a brain smaller than that of a flea wont do what I tell them to do, and they even think they know better. X-( | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 66141 | 2002-07-28 07:24:00 | I may have a solution for you Ronald By any chance is it a via based motherboard , and even if it,s not you may need to update the chipset drivers.Download the lastest from via [ 4in1 drivers ] and install ,you may of course need to hook up an external modem or download from another pc,install the drivers and then install the modem with the default settings [com3 should be fine] the com3 that the driver loads is a virtual com port and you can change the com port to any you like from 3 to 250 [not 1 or 2] No dial tone is the exact symptom caused by chipset drivers........ and no I don,t agree with the other 2 guys that win modems are rubbish. Most of that comes from the fact that people do not understand them. They have alot of advantages ,cheap to buy,easy to update and they work pretty well. :D:D |
tech_mister (433) | ||
| 66142 | 2002-07-28 08:27:00 | Its not an issue as to the quality, and yes probably the majority go OK (..just not any I have had experience with..). They are however very susceptible to changes in hardware and software and often get screwed up for these reasons where hardware based modems dont. They are popular because they are cheaper. They are really no more upgradeable than later hardware types which can also be reflashed. The lead time for driver changes between operating systems means many become unuseable for a period, by which time they have been replaced. I have faced this and had no option but to replace them in my systems, and naturally went for harware ones as these will work on anything, including DOS based applications. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 66143 | 2002-07-28 10:11:00 | You're probably right tech-mister, I dont understand HCF modems and why they give so much trouble to so many people :) As for them being possibly dependent for working on having the latest mainboard chipset drivers just illustrates how absolutely crappy the design is. The only problems encountered (usually) with the ISA hardware modems was resolution of an IRQ conflict, especially if one was running out of spare IRQs. I must say though I didnt have the same problems with two LT Win modems I had at different times, they installed easily and worked well. The HCF on my backup computer works ok, it's just that it only works on IRQ10, preventing me from installing an ATA controller card to upgrade from DMA33. I notice that on the US 3Com/USR modem site, hardware PCI modems are available, but not in New Zealand. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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