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| Thread ID: 83235 | 2007-09-24 22:31:00 | No USB modem found on boot up | cowboy stu (7021) | Press F1 |
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| 594546 | 2007-09-24 22:31:00 | Why do I have to unplug , plug in Dynalink 56KPCI modem on every start up to get it to connect. USB 2, Drivers all installed XP home on new machine. Help appreciated |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 594547 | 2007-09-24 22:46:00 | Because USB is unreliable. You should really use ethernet for your broadband. If you don't have a LAN port on your board, just put a network card in the PC. I get this sort of thing now and then with just USB keyboards!! Crazy..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 594548 | 2007-09-25 00:33:00 | Thanks I need modem to dial out to connect to one way satellite connection . Apparently on this new machine there wasn't room for an internal modem with the skymedia card installed also. Why does printer and scanner load okay ? |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 594549 | 2007-09-25 00:43:00 | Coz theyre more reliable than USB modems. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 594550 | 2007-09-25 00:53:00 | USB modems are horrid - with woosh i was using their modem over USB and had nothing but trouble - it was slow and unreliable - if it did int disconnect you it would lock the PC up so hard you had to un-plug it to turn it off - the moment i switched to an Ethernet connection to the modem i have had no trouble whatsoever - its a lot faster and no lock-ups or disconnections :thumbs: | MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 594551 | 2007-09-25 01:50:00 | I'm quite happy with it when it goes .. weird.. just rebooted and it found modem okay. Seems to not find it on cold start or coincidence ? Just have to put up with it I guess.. moved it to front port for now. |
cowboy stu (7021) | ||
| 594552 | 2007-09-25 01:58:00 | What pctek said. I had one for a while a few years back, had no end of trouble with it!! | wratterus (105) | ||
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