DIAL UP / MODEM / PORT PROBLEM

Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0100, "David"
wrote:

Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell


- Uninstall/reinstall modem driver
- New modem driver
- New modem

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:35:11 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
**** me off ;-) kony wrote :

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0100, "David"
wrote:

Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell


- Uninstall/reinstall modem driver
- New modem driver
- New modem

What he said :P



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"yak" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there
is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart
the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell





I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.

www.newegg.com I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
bucks shipped.

I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset but
is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it is
designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA
(PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full hardware
modems. http://www.intel.com/design/modems/

There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding some
specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
www.mainpine.com, the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere Venus
chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem chipsets
for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.

The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
(without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
"hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!

Paul

kony wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0100, "David"
wrote:

Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell


- Uninstall/reinstall modem driver
- New modem driver
- New modem

To expand a bit on Kony's reply -

Check your System Properties and see if there's more than one modem
installed. If so, this can sometimes cause dialling problems. Yell if
you need help doing that.

yak wrote:
In article ,
says...
Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection
there is no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected
and then want to connect again later. Each time I get an error
message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to
restart the PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell





I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a
very convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at
startup, etc.) those can fail and leave it without anything to talk
to.

www.newegg.com I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
bucks shipped.

Sometimes a rural line can be a bit crackly too and fool the modem into
thinking the line is in use. A different modem will often fix it.
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yak wrote:
In article ,
says...
"yak" wrote in message
s.com...

www.newegg.com I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for
13 bucks shipped.

I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The
Intel/Ambient chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a
full hardware chipset but is in fact controllerless - otherwise
known as a form of winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full
hardware chipset however but it is designed to be easily
incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA (PC Card)
modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell
faster processors though since people need to use them to "assist"
their modem along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that
was bandied about associated with these devices or did the A stand
for Accelerated...... whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based
Internal modems are NOT full hardware modems.
http://www.intel.com/design/modems/

There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though,
excluding some specialised multiport devices such as some of those
made by www.mainpine.com, the buyer is left with choosing a unit
based on certain chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or
the Lucent/Agere Venus chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any
full hardware modem chipsets for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.

The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse
softmodems (without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP)
being sold as "hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers
disgusts me. Buyers need to beware and fully research prospective
purchases in advance!

Oh boo ****ing hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a ****. It works.
They can call it a virginia ham for all I care.

I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

Paul has a point yak, although he did flog it a bit. Newegg lied to you and
took your money on false pretenses.
--
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"yak" wrote in message
s.com...
In article ,
says...
"yak" wrote in message
s.com...
In article ,
says...
Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection
there
is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want
to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to
restart
the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell





I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a
very
convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup,
etc.)
those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.

www.newegg.com I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
bucks shipped.

I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset
but
is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it
is
designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or
PCMCIA
(PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full
hardware
modems. http://www.intel.com/design/modems/

There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding
some
specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
www.mainpine.com, the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere
Venus
chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem
chipsets
for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.

The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
(without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
"hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!

Paul


Oh boo ****ing hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a ****. It works. They
can call it a virginia ham for all I care.

I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

Please don't misunderstand me yak, the point of my post is simply to
inform - because there's lots of misinformation out there and misinformation
on this scale is leading to LOTS of people buying items that they may
otherwise have steered clear of for another model with better features (full
hardware unit) for a similar or only slightly higher price. While its true
that the ambient chipset based modems are reasonably reliable compared with
other controller-less ones (You're not alone - I fell for the "Hardware
Modem" sales patter on a virginia ham too - I have since sold the machine
with that Ambient modem in it though), the full hardware based modems tend
to dominate the reliability (and compatibility) ratings hands down, that's
why multiport modem makers (who make specialised modems for servers) such as
Mainpine, predominantly use full hardware chipsets and even make their own
specialised PCI bridge for full hardware chipsets not intended to run on a
PCI bus.

yak, can you honestly say that you're not even a little peeved that you
bought something based on misinformation which, had you known the truth
about and been presented with other *similar priced* items (particularly
Topic based units), may have gone with a full hardware unit instead - I know
that was the case for me! I get annoyed over things that wrong people and
act to try and fix those situations the best way I know how to.

Paul

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:52:59 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
**** me off ;-) yak wrote :

In article ,
says...
"yak" wrote in message
s.com...
In article ,
says...
Hi,

When I boot up my system and then connect via my dial-up connection there
is
no problem. The problem occurs after I have disconnected and then want to
connect again later. Each time I get an error message

ERROR MESSAGE 676 THE PHONE LINE IS BUSY

The phone is not busy and the only way to get back online is to restart
the
PC.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition.

Please can anyone suggest what I should do?

Regards,

David Russell





I have a us robotics that will choke at times... If the modem has a very
convoluded driver setup (separate programs need to run at startup, etc.)
those can fail and leave it without anything to talk to.

www.newegg.com I just bought an ambient chipset hardware modem for 13
bucks shipped.

I can see the sales hype has been working its wonders. The Intel/Ambient
chipset used in cheap internal PCI modems is NOT a full hardware chipset but
is in fact controllerless - otherwise known as a form of
winmodem.....Intel/Ambient do make a full hardware chipset however but it is
designed to be easily incorporated into external serial port/ISA or PCMCIA
(PC Card) modems ONLY as the interface for the chipset is not easily
compatible with connection to a PCI bus. I suppose they'll sell faster
processors though since people need to use them to "assist" their modem
along - as in Host Assisted Modem (H.A.M) - a name that was bandied about
associated with these devices or did the A stand for Accelerated......
whatever, Intel/Ambient chipset based Internal modems are NOT full hardware
modems. http://www.intel.com/design/modems/

There are just a few true hardware PCI modems around though, excluding some
specialised multiport devices such as some of those made by
www.mainpine.com, the buyer is left with choosing a unit based on certain
chipsets provided by Topic (now renamed IC Plus) or the Lucent/Agere Venus
chipset. Conexant/Rockwell do NOT provide any full hardware modem chipsets
for native use in PCI devices AT ALL.

The number of times I've seen controller-less or even worse softmodems
(without both a controller and a hardware datapump/DSP) being sold as
"hardware" modems at computer fairs and big retailers disgusts me. Buyers
need to beware and fully research prospective purchases in advance!

Paul






Oh boo ****ing hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a ****. It works. They
can call it a virginia ham for all I care.

I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

PIMPLMAO



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"Shep©" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:52:59 GMT Humanity I love.It's just people who
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Oh boo ****ing hoo. It was 13 bucks. I don't give a ****. It works. They
can call it a virginia ham for all I care.

I'd hate to see how worked up you get over tax reform.

PIMPLMAO

As you can see from my earlier post and lengthy follow-up, this is an issue
I always take seriously (misrepresentation selling). Not everyone will feel
the same importance for it, fair enough, but if its enough to make a few
purchasers aware so they can make truely informed purchasing decisions,
rather than being misled (WYSIWYG doesn't always apply - especially with
regards to PCI modems), then I'm happy that my mission will be accomplished!

Paul