Hi. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question or not,
but I'm having a problem with my computer. It's a "homebuilt" computer.
It's a bit old, but works well. It is a 1Ghz AMD processor with a Soyo MB
and 525 Megs of RAM. I have cable internet access, but still need to use
the modem from time to time for work. I've found it necessary to keep the
phone line unplugged unless I am using the modem, because whenever the phone
rings, it locks the computer up. I dial *70 when I am using the modem to
prevent call waiting from doing the same thing. I've never seen this in any
other machine before.

I can't remember what brand of modem I put in this thing, but if I look in
the control panel under modems, it says: DSI D-F-V V.90 DI3635 WIN2K

I don't know if that gives enough information to make an educated guess as
to what it is(If that even matters). Has anyone seen this problem before
and if so, short of replacing the modem, any clues what I can do about it?

TIA!

Gary

Gary wrote:
booting up), and check to see if you have "Wake up on Ring" enabled.
Disable that feature. While you are there, also disable "Wake up on
LAN", unless you want that feature active for your cable service. Save
your new setttings and Exit BIOS and continue the bootup process. Plug
in the phone line cord and make a test. Good luck.

--
Art Jackson W4TOY Owensboro, KY USA
Life is God's open book test. In order to pass,
you must open His book to find the answers.

Thanks Art! I'll give that a try right now.

Gary
KA4HVI :-)





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Well, I looked in my BIOS and I didn't have 2 separate "wakeup" features,
but I did have ONE that was called "wakeup on LAN/Ring". It was already
disabled.

Any other ideas?

Thanks again!

Gary


"Gary" <spamfree*rgdixon@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message
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Gary wrote:


Well it could be some sort of IRQ conflict. Try moving the modem to
another slot to see if that solves it. It could possibly be a defective
modem, but I tend to think it is some conflict that is causing the
problem. BTW, the modem is A Digicom Systems (Creative Labs). See
http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/49/49947.htm



--
Art Jackson W4TOY Owensboro, KY USA
Life is God's open book test. In order to pass,
you must open His book to find the answers.

Gary,
Greetings and hallucinations from just north of Fantasy Land (Washington,
DC)!
Just for jollies, have you tried to send an ATZ (reset to factory specs) to
the modem? Other ideas are like Art says and to change the slot that your
card is in. Other things that are getting pretty far afield are:
1) Is the phone line actually plugged into the line and not the phone jack
on the modem?
2) Are the motherboard drivers fully installed? Some chipsets have problems
with sharing IRQs when they are not.
Peace,
Paul
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