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P4C800-E Deluxe - Modem Problems
Well three weeks later, after building my new PC, around an Asus P4C800-e
Deluxe Motherboard, I am still having problems installing a modem. First up, I had an old Speed+ Com Serial port modem lying around and after tracing XP drivers (I'm running XP Pro SP1a) I experienced frequent random lock-ups necessitating reboots. Next I found a new but cheap NetoDragon PCI internal modem bought at PC World and after reading about problems with this modem on a website, I configured the "country setting" to United States and I got it working. However when it came to reconnecting, say after a cut-off, or after Freeserve's 2 hour limit, again I would experience lock-ups necessitating reboots. Third I bought a Conexant/Rockwell (not sure of the manufacturer) USB port modem - installed as a Softk56 modem in device manager. It connects nicely, but will not under any circumstance, hang up properly, releasing the line connection. After it supposedly disconnects, on the next dial up, the dial up icon appears as normal and when executing it, a message appears saying "opening port", where it stays indefinitely - no error message. The only way to free up the line or more importantly to reconnect is another reboot !!! Indeed with this modem XP hangs at the screen immediately before switching off, which says "saving settings". The only way to close down is to manually press the switch off button for 4 seconds. During a session which does not utilise the modem, Windows shuts down perfectly. I am about to go into town to buy a more recognised 56K PCI internal modem, in the hope that I can get it working but three in a row - I have never had these problems before and when I rang Freeserve, they said it was a driver or installation problem and they could not help me, pointing me to the manufacturer of the modem if I wanted further assistance. I have been fitting modems for years and know what I am doing and never come across these problems before. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 'till I'm blue in the face with no luck. I have tried putting the modem in slots 2,3 and 5 again with no luck. I recognise that the three modems I've tried are on the "cheap" side but I'm beginning to think that it might be my system. My System: - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (version 10 Bios) : Intel P4 3.0 Ghz CPU (800fsb) : Cooling - Zalman Al/Cu 7000 Cooler : Case - Thermaltake Xaser III Series : Kingston Value Ram - 2 x 512Gb PC 3200 working in Dual DDR 400 Mode - KVR400X64C3A/51 : Hercules Prophet 3D Radeon 9800 Pro (128Mb) : PSU - Antec TruePower 550Watt : RAID Arrays - OS - 2 x WD Raptors 36Gb 10000rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Intel ICH5R) - Storage - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7's 160Gb 7200rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Promise) : Iomega Dual DVD +/- Writer (PM) : Aopen DVD Rom (SM) : SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1) : OS - Windows XP Pro (SP1a) If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. By the way I am running 2 x Anytime Freeserve on my two phone lines - we don't get broadband until 11.02.2004 Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by Norton AntiVirus for the presence of computer viruses. This computer is protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Have you looked at satellite?
"Paul" wrote in message ... Well three weeks later, after building my new PC, around an Asus P4C800-e Deluxe Motherboard, I am still having problems installing a modem. First up, I had an old Speed+ Com Serial port modem lying around and after tracing XP drivers (I'm running XP Pro SP1a) I experienced frequent random lock-ups necessitating reboots. Next I found a new but cheap NetoDragon PCI internal modem bought at PC World and after reading about problems with this modem on a website, I configured the "country setting" to United States and I got it working. However when it came to reconnecting, say after a cut-off, or after Freeserve's 2 hour limit, again I would experience lock-ups necessitating reboots. Third I bought a Conexant/Rockwell (not sure of the manufacturer) USB port modem - installed as a Softk56 modem in device manager. It connects nicely, but will not under any circumstance, hang up properly, releasing the line connection. After it supposedly disconnects, on the next dial up, the dial up icon appears as normal and when executing it, a message appears saying "opening port", where it stays indefinitely - no error message. The only way to free up the line or more importantly to reconnect is another reboot !!! Indeed with this modem XP hangs at the screen immediately before switching off, which says "saving settings". The only way to close down is to manually press the switch off button for 4 seconds. During a session which does not utilise the modem, Windows shuts down perfectly. I am about to go into town to buy a more recognised 56K PCI internal modem, in the hope that I can get it working but three in a row - I have never had these problems before and when I rang Freeserve, they said it was a driver or installation problem and they could not help me, pointing me to the manufacturer of the modem if I wanted further assistance. I have been fitting modems for years and know what I am doing and never come across these problems before. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 'till I'm blue in the face with no luck. I have tried putting the modem in slots 2,3 and 5 again with no luck. I recognise that the three modems I've tried are on the "cheap" side but I'm beginning to think that it might be my system. My System: - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (version 10 Bios) : Intel P4 3.0 Ghz CPU (800fsb) : Cooling - Zalman Al/Cu 7000 Cooler : Case - Thermaltake Xaser III Series : Kingston Value Ram - 2 x 512Gb PC 3200 working in Dual DDR 400 Mode - KVR400X64C3A/51 : Hercules Prophet 3D Radeon 9800 Pro (128Mb) : PSU - Antec TruePower 550Watt : RAID Arrays - OS - 2 x WD Raptors 36Gb 10000rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Intel ICH5R) - Storage - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7's 160Gb 7200rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Promise) : Iomega Dual DVD +/- Writer (PM) : Aopen DVD Rom (SM) : SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1) : OS - Windows XP Pro (SP1a) If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. By the way I am running 2 x Anytime Freeserve on my two phone lines - we don't get broadband until 11.02.2004 Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by Norton AntiVirus for the presence of computer viruses. This computer is protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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get an Intel(R) 536EP V.92 Modem
Encore is the one I have, Newegg(US) has for 14$, after going to windows update, I started connecting at 50.6-54.6K. "Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1)" these may be in the wrong slots! "Paul" wrote in message ... Well three weeks later, after building my new PC, around an Asus P4C800-e Deluxe Motherboard, I am still having problems installing a modem. First up, I had an old Speed+ Com Serial port modem lying around and after tracing XP drivers (I'm running XP Pro SP1a) I experienced frequent random lock-ups necessitating reboots. Next I found a new but cheap NetoDragon PCI internal modem bought at PC World and after reading about problems with this modem on a website, I configured the "country setting" to United States and I got it working. However when it came to reconnecting, say after a cut-off, or after Freeserve's 2 hour limit, again I would experience lock-ups necessitating reboots. Third I bought a Conexant/Rockwell (not sure of the manufacturer) USB port modem - installed as a Softk56 modem in device manager. It connects nicely, but will not under any circumstance, hang up properly, releasing the line connection. After it supposedly disconnects, on the next dial up, the dial up icon appears as normal and when executing it, a message appears saying "opening port", where it stays indefinitely - no error message. The only way to free up the line or more importantly to reconnect is another reboot !!! Indeed with this modem XP hangs at the screen immediately before switching off, which says "saving settings". The only way to close down is to manually press the switch off button for 4 seconds. During a session which does not utilise the modem, Windows shuts down perfectly. I am about to go into town to buy a more recognised 56K PCI internal modem, in the hope that I can get it working but three in a row - I have never had these problems before and when I rang Freeserve, they said it was a driver or installation problem and they could not help me, pointing me to the manufacturer of the modem if I wanted further assistance. I have been fitting modems for years and know what I am doing and never come across these problems before. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 'till I'm blue in the face with no luck. I have tried putting the modem in slots 2,3 and 5 again with no luck. I recognise that the three modems I've tried are on the "cheap" side but I'm beginning to think that it might be my system. My System: - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (version 10 Bios) : Intel P4 3.0 Ghz CPU (800fsb) : Cooling - Zalman Al/Cu 7000 Cooler : Case - Thermaltake Xaser III Series : Kingston Value Ram - 2 x 512Gb PC 3200 working in Dual DDR 400 Mode - KVR400X64C3A/51 : Hercules Prophet 3D Radeon 9800 Pro (128Mb) : PSU - Antec TruePower 550Watt : RAID Arrays - OS - 2 x WD Raptors 36Gb 10000rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Intel ICH5R) - Storage - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7's 160Gb 7200rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Promise) : Iomega Dual DVD +/- Writer (PM) : Aopen DVD Rom (SM) : SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1) : OS - Windows XP Pro (SP1a) If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. By the way I am running 2 x Anytime Freeserve on my two phone lines - we don't get broadband until 11.02.2004 Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by Norton AntiVirus for the presence of computer viruses. This computer is protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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I have recent experience with this M/B and a USR 56K PCI modem (P/N
USR5610B) running under XP S/P1. It worked well on the first attempt to dial up my ISP. However, the xfer rate of this V.92 modem seems to be about 75% of an ISA 56K modem also made by USR. BIOS problems with the M/B halted my modem grooming efforts after about one day so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get transfer rate (D/L) back up to what I had with the ISA modem. -PGM "Paul" wrote in message ... Well three weeks later, after building my new PC, around an Asus P4C800-e Deluxe Motherboard, I am still having problems installing a modem. First up, I had an old Speed+ Com Serial port modem lying around and after tracing XP drivers (I'm running XP Pro SP1a) I experienced frequent random lock-ups necessitating reboots. Next I found a new but cheap NetoDragon PCI internal modem bought at PC World and after reading about problems with this modem on a website, I configured the "country setting" to United States and I got it working. However when it came to reconnecting, say after a cut-off, or after Freeserve's 2 hour limit, again I would experience lock-ups necessitating reboots. Third I bought a Conexant/Rockwell (not sure of the manufacturer) USB port modem - installed as a Softk56 modem in device manager. It connects nicely, but will not under any circumstance, hang up properly, releasing the line connection. After it supposedly disconnects, on the next dial up, the dial up icon appears as normal and when executing it, a message appears saying "opening port", where it stays indefinitely - no error message. The only way to free up the line or more importantly to reconnect is another reboot !!! Indeed with this modem XP hangs at the screen immediately before switching off, which says "saving settings". The only way to close down is to manually press the switch off button for 4 seconds. During a session which does not utilise the modem, Windows shuts down perfectly. I am about to go into town to buy a more recognised 56K PCI internal modem, in the hope that I can get it working but three in a row - I have never had these problems before and when I rang Freeserve, they said it was a driver or installation problem and they could not help me, pointing me to the manufacturer of the modem if I wanted further assistance. I have been fitting modems for years and know what I am doing and never come across these problems before. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 'till I'm blue in the face with no luck. I have tried putting the modem in slots 2,3 and 5 again with no luck. I recognise that the three modems I've tried are on the "cheap" side but I'm beginning to think that it might be my system. My System: - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (version 10 Bios) : Intel P4 3.0 Ghz CPU (800fsb) : Cooling - Zalman Al/Cu 7000 Cooler : Case - Thermaltake Xaser III Series : Kingston Value Ram - 2 x 512Gb PC 3200 working in Dual DDR 400 Mode - KVR400X64C3A/51 : Hercules Prophet 3D Radeon 9800 Pro (128Mb) : PSU - Antec TruePower 550Watt : RAID Arrays - OS - 2 x WD Raptors 36Gb 10000rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Intel ICH5R) - Storage - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7's 160Gb 7200rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Promise) : Iomega Dual DVD +/- Writer (PM) : Aopen DVD Rom (SM) : SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1) : OS - Windows XP Pro (SP1a) If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. By the way I am running 2 x Anytime Freeserve on my two phone lines - we don't get broadband until 11.02.2004 Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by Norton AntiVirus for the presence of computer viruses. This computer is protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Thanks for your replies - I have now successfully installed a Hayes 56k PCI
Internal modem which so far seems to work perfectly. Maybe it just goes to show that you get what you pay for - this modem cost £23, a little more than the others (PCI £11, serial £15 and USB £17) and it seems to have more support, driver-wise than the others. Roll on 11.02.2004, when we go Broadband, but what pitfalls then lol! Paul xV- "Patrick Martin" wrote in message ... I have recent experience with this M/B and a USR 56K PCI modem (P/N USR5610B) running under XP S/P1. It worked well on the first attempt to dial up my ISP. However, the xfer rate of this V.92 modem seems to be about 75% of an ISA 56K modem also made by USR. BIOS problems with the M/B halted my modem grooming efforts after about one day so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get transfer rate (D/L) back up to what I had with the ISA modem. -PGM "Paul" wrote in message ... Well three weeks later, after building my new PC, around an Asus P4C800-e Deluxe Motherboard, I am still having problems installing a modem. First up, I had an old Speed+ Com Serial port modem lying around and after tracing XP drivers (I'm running XP Pro SP1a) I experienced frequent random lock-ups necessitating reboots. Next I found a new but cheap NetoDragon PCI internal modem bought at PC World and after reading about problems with this modem on a website, I configured the "country setting" to United States and I got it working. However when it came to reconnecting, say after a cut-off, or after Freeserve's 2 hour limit, again I would experience lock-ups necessitating reboots. Third I bought a Conexant/Rockwell (not sure of the manufacturer) USB port modem - installed as a Softk56 modem in device manager. It connects nicely, but will not under any circumstance, hang up properly, releasing the line connection. After it supposedly disconnects, on the next dial up, the dial up icon appears as normal and when executing it, a message appears saying "opening port", where it stays indefinitely - no error message. The only way to free up the line or more importantly to reconnect is another reboot !!! Indeed with this modem XP hangs at the screen immediately before switching off, which says "saving settings". The only way to close down is to manually press the switch off button for 4 seconds. During a session which does not utilise the modem, Windows shuts down perfectly. I am about to go into town to buy a more recognised 56K PCI internal modem, in the hope that I can get it working but three in a row - I have never had these problems before and when I rang Freeserve, they said it was a driver or installation problem and they could not help me, pointing me to the manufacturer of the modem if I wanted further assistance. I have been fitting modems for years and know what I am doing and never come across these problems before. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling 'till I'm blue in the face with no luck. I have tried putting the modem in slots 2,3 and 5 again with no luck. I recognise that the three modems I've tried are on the "cheap" side but I'm beginning to think that it might be my system. My System: - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (version 10 Bios) : Intel P4 3.0 Ghz CPU (800fsb) : Cooling - Zalman Al/Cu 7000 Cooler : Case - Thermaltake Xaser III Series : Kingston Value Ram - 2 x 512Gb PC 3200 working in Dual DDR 400 Mode - KVR400X64C3A/51 : Hercules Prophet 3D Radeon 9800 Pro (128Mb) : PSU - Antec TruePower 550Watt : RAID Arrays - OS - 2 x WD Raptors 36Gb 10000rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Intel ICH5R) - Storage - 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7's 160Gb 7200rpm SATA (150) in RAID 0 config (on Promise) : Iomega Dual DVD +/- Writer (PM) : Aopen DVD Rom (SM) : SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (pci slot 4) : Pinnacle DV 500 Capture Card (pci slot 1) : OS - Windows XP Pro (SP1a) If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much. By the way I am running 2 x Anytime Freeserve on my two phone lines - we don't get broadband until 11.02.2004 Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------- This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by Norton AntiVirus for the presence of computer viruses. This computer is protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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