- ReInstall Win98SE - no modem
- Posted by George Richardson on February 2nd, 2004
Had to reinstall WIN98 SE. Existing modem won't reinstall. Have drivers but win insists on "Standard
Modem". Have even tried physically removing and changing slots. How can I make windows pick this up
as new hardware install factory drivers. Perhaps problem is in dialer section because it won't open
port and dial.
TIA
George
- Posted by Brian A. on February 2nd, 2004
Don't let windows install the driver. Go to the manufacturers site and get the
latest updated driver and install it per the manufacturers instructions.
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Brian A.
Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.
"George Richardson" <griv4@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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- Posted by George Richardson on February 2nd, 2004
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:04:18 -0600, "Brian A." <gonefishn@faraway.com> wrote:
Thanks - But...
Windows wont let me! I have all drivers, including ones that allowed the modem to function properly
just a day ago despite failing performance in other areas. Windows claims its drivers are better
than the correct ones!
Any further thoughts
TIA
George
- Posted by ppoatt on February 2nd, 2004
Check Device Manager for a "Network Adapters". That has to
be set right before the system will install the modem
right.
On my machine in Device Manager there are 3 entries that
need to be there for modem to work.
HCFMODEM
Modem
Network Adapters
If any of these are missing? Then modem will not work.
- Posted by Brian A. on February 3rd, 2004
Start up in Safe Mode, go to device manager, remove any/all modem devices and reboot. When Windows redetects the modem do not let it install the drivers, place a tic for "Search for a better driver.....".
If you have the drivers on a floppy, place a check next to "Floppy disk drives", if you have them saved to your drive select "Specify a location" and type in the path or browse to where the file is located and click next.
Sometimes it gets a little tricky when installing and will mention that it can not find a file. What you need to do in this case is a find on the directory for that file to locate it, then you can point it to that folder to install the file.
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Brian A.
Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.
"George Richardson" <griv4@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:1103_1075722500@news.east.earthlink.net...
- Posted by George Richardson on February 4th, 2004
Thanks for the help. Before the day was out the motherboard blew up and entire computer, except for
hard drives, is being replaced. Perhaps problems were hardware dying all along. Again, Thanks
George
- Posted by Brian A. on February 4th, 2004
Sorry to hear that, hope the new one performs well.
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Brian A.
Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.
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