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Thread ID: 120335	2011-09-04 14:00:00	7+ year old PC with old internal Modem: how can Ubuntu 11.04 get online with this PC?	Dragonov (16500)	Press F1

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1228698	2011-09-23 03:49:00	Which file are you selecting when you click the "have disk" button?	Agent_24 (57)
1228699	2011-09-23 04:01:00	IntelS51 System file 655kb	Dragonov (16500)
1228700	2011-09-23 04:12:00	You should be selecting the one that ends in .INF eg: MDMINT2K.INF However, I am not sure where you actually got these "IntelS51" files from?? The ZIP archive I downloaded contains none of these.	Agent_24 (57)
1228701	2011-09-23 04:55:00	Hi Agent_24: yes, there is MDMINT.2K.INF but as for IntelS51, it was in the XP Folder. Have downloaded the zip folder several times, and the last time there was a file missing, so beats me what the heck is going on:stare: (there had always been six previously). Have been re-reading your Posts on Page 5 and you say there to grab the "inf" file, but no "Inf" is shown on the files I download until they are copied and pasted into Wordpad, and where you can then see the "inf" on two of them (the other one is Intels51.inf). Have been reading your instructions again, Agent_24, so am gonna now go and have another bang at installing MDMINT.2K.INF Here's hoping. Thanks Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
1228702	2011-09-23 05:16:00	You could probably just forget about their driver and install the Windows-supplied "Standard 56000bps Dialup modem" driver	Agent_24 (57)
1228703	2011-09-23 05:33:00	Hey Agent_24, it seems to have worked: MDMINT.2K.INF looks to have been installed (Windows was not happy and bombarded me with warnings of possible dire circumstances from installing the Driver such as System Instability and damage. I overrode Windows each time and soon was seeing that window where you see fluttery pieces of paper flittering across it as per the old-style Windows download graphics. Oh, by the way, for the Modem I selected "Standard 56000bps Modem" Agent_24, should XP3 be able to connect to the Web through the External Modem now? The External Modem is showing in the Add Hardware Wizard as: Intel V92 External [MD5660] Modem Also Agent_24, that Modem Code you wrote in an earlier Post, well my Modem has got exactly that Code: CN5614XE The Modem has got a little switch on the back so it can easily be turned on and off. Heck it has been a big day, but might have achieved something in the end, thanks to your advice and keeping an eye on things: again, could never have done this on my own, normally won't even go near Drivers. So might get the telephone line out of the Internal Modem and shove it into the External one again, and try Windows and Linux with it. Fingers crossed. All the very best, Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
1228704	2011-09-23 05:55:00	Yes, you should be able to test the new modem out now in Windows. I suspect you'll have to modify your dial-in connection to use the new modem, or create a new connection (with same settings) but pick the new external modem instead of the internal one. If that all checks out, we can then have the fun of getting it configured in Ubuntu!	Agent_24 (57)
1228705	2011-09-23 07:23:00	Howdy Agent_24: had a hell of a time getting the telephone plug out of the back of the PC (it is bad news: those idiotic little American plugs have hardly anything you can grip them by - bet they were invented by some misanthrope who was wanting to get revenge on humanity) and it turned out to be a forlorn hope anyway: fraid the Modem is not connecting to the Web. In XP3 the Modem is in the "Modem" Settings panel, and I unticked the Internal Modem and ticked the External Modem, but cannot access the Web - keep getting a message saying "No Dial Tone". After several attempts, with the same result, changed back over to the Internal Modem (shoved the phone line also back into the Internal Modem) only to find it did not work either! Nearly Freaked! However, after deleting my account and making it up new again, she went online no sweat, so all good. Am hanging it up for tonight Agent_24, best to attack it again on a new day. Incidentally, there is something about the Modem that has me raising an eyebrow, and it is that the phone-plug is a loose fit in both sockets and has a propensity to fall out of the sockets. It is a very tight fit in the Internal Modem socket and "clicks" into place with a substantial degree of ferocity! Getting it out again can be a very difficult process! But in the External Modem the plug is not like that at all. Am wondering if the sloppy "fit" of the plug in both sockets and how it won't "click" or "lock" into position, might be where the problem is? The Modem also from time to time emits a strange "clicking" noise like a stick being dragged down a washboard. But that is for another day. Thanks for all your help today Agent_24; it is getting there bit-by-bit, but am just hoping that there isn't anything major to have to grapple with. Cheers Agent_24, and thanks again, your help is appreciated greatly.	Dragonov (16500)
1228706	2011-09-23 07:50:00	The plug is supposed to click into place in the socket, to stop it falling out. To remove it, you must squeeze the little plastic clip so it is flat against the side of the plug and then pull. If the clip has broken off then it will be quite difficult to remove the cable from any socket. The attached photo shows what the plug should look like: 3184 Unless that clip has broken off, or similar, then the fact that your cable is falling out of the new modem is rather odd. All I can think of then, is are you putting it in around the right way? If you look into the socket on the back of the modem, one side has some little gold spring contacts which should line up with the gold contacts on the plug. The side of the socket without the gold contacts is where the clip goes. You said the modem had no dialtone. Did it make any sound at all when you dialled? You can turn off "Check for dialtone" and it should then try to dial anyway - and you should be able to hear the usual phone-number dialling sound. Of course it won't connect but this would test if the PC is actually communicating with the modem properly. Also, what do the lights on the front of the modem do? That clicking sound you describe sounds a bit strange, though. Does the clicking co-incide with any light flashing?	Agent_24 (57)
1228707	2011-09-23 21:57:00	Hullo Agent_24; guess what - am online now writing this using the External Modem! A new day, clear head, and getting to grips with the Modem again in a quietly methodical fashion produced the completely unexpected result of a Web hookup taking place (accompanied with a hell of a lot of "dialling" noises emanating from the Modem!). The (telephone line) plug HAS got the little lever on it (which is almost inaccessible when it is jacked into the Internal Modem) but it still falls out of both Ports on the External Modem, although it is a slightly "better" fit in one of them. I shoved it in there and securely taped it into place. The next step was to delete the Internal Modem account, and make a new account for the External Modem (had done a bit of configuring in the "Modem" programme too). Then tried it, and was astonished at all the "Dialup Bleeps" that started to erupt out of the Modem!!! She is good, Agent_24, and she has not been making that clicking noise either. Hey Agent_24, is this Modem definitely a V92 (?) because they are by far the best according to the websites about External Modems. Well, am gonna post this now so you can see it Agent_24. Thanks heaps, might be able to have a dabble at Linux next? Cheers Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
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