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36469 2002-02-20 14:01:00 I have been given a PC with a Microstar MS-5184 motherbord, and a reformatted hard drive. Win 98 installs ok but it fails to detect my modem.

Are there such a thing as motherboard drivers or simply bios updates as i have no setuip disks for this motherboard.
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36470 2002-02-20 14:14:00 Some board do require some type of disk but that's usually to support it's chipset.

Your modem isn't being detected becaused Windows driver database doesn't contain it. You'll have to search the net for your modem driver. If you don't know who your manufacturer for your modem or the model number you'll have to open up the case and have a look on the modem for anything that can get you the manufacturer.

Hopefully it has all the markings or else you'll need to look for either the chipset or the FCC code. Once you have that do a search for it on www.google.com and it may return results for your modem.
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36471 2002-02-20 19:54:00 You need to give more details about your modem, is it internal, ISA or PCI; or is it external and which com port is it connected to.
Even if there isnt a driver for it in windows, it should still be detected as a standard modem, if it's working.
If its an ISA there will be jumpers to set and a port to detect first.
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