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15133	2001-07-06 21:20:00	Hi everyone. Can anyone help me with this please. My daughter has just bought a 'new' mini tower to replace a dead one...the guy said it had no modem which was ok as she has an external 33.6 from her last system.However we cannot windows to detect it. What we have found out is that it has indeed got a 14k internal and even when I isntall the 33 one manually it keeps going back to the internal. I even tried deleting the old one...help???	Guest (0)
15134	2001-07-07 00:46:00	Hi Pam, The easiest solution would be to pull the 14.4 modem out as it's not required (and too slow). Something else to try is check to see what Com port the 14.4 is on (control panel/modems/properties), then install the 33.6 modem on another Com port. this would mean you have 2 modems installed but you can select which one you want to use (33.6) in the dialer in Dialup Networking (right click the dialer/properties). HTH	Guest (0)
15135	2001-07-07 02:57:00	Better yet take out the 14k, ditch or sell the ext. 33k and go buy an internal 56k modem as they a fairly cheap these days and they perform much better than external modems as they connect directly to the motherboard. It should also give you less problems.	Guest (0)
15136	2001-07-09 23:40:00	Which ever option you choose (keeping of getting rid of the 14.4) you will have to goto the Dialup networking folder and right click on your dialup connection and at the bottom of the general tab select the modem you want to use. Otherwise it will always look for that 14.4 when you try to dial up.	Guest (0)
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