us robotics 56k

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October 30th, 2001, 12:52 PM
kcornod

us robotics 56k

Working on an older machine,166mhz 32mg ram,2gighd
win95 b .On a us robotics modem you install the drivers first ,then shutdown and install the modem..easy.but when i check the modem in the control panel,I keep getting make sure the modem is connected or turned on error.after 10 tries of uninstalling and reinstalling,figured its just a bad modem,even though its new..so tried a new one and i get the same thing..even tried different pci slots.. I also checked the bios settings a few times and tried different configurations,same error...Any suggestions?
October 30th, 2001, 03:02 PM
xt477

hardware modem you want to

1. set its jumpers so that it does not conflict with current system com ports.

2. Install modem, let windows detect/setup new com port.

3. Then go to modems in control panel and detect then install drivers for said modem.
October 30th, 2001, 08:19 PM
Stalemate

Specifically, what model is it?

It's not a WinModem, is it?
October 31st, 2001, 08:14 AM
kcornod

It's a 56k faxmodem pci.
October 31st, 2001, 03:08 PM
xt477

I would guess you are at the minimum specs for a winmodem. Even a cheap hardware modem is going to perform better than this USR in a 166.

in either case I have never installed modem drivers first, some usb devices I have, but not modems.

So i still say clean up all old drivers installs, shut down install modem and when windows finds new device let it install the drivers

may even try new drivers from...

<a href="http://www.usr.com/support/s-main-menu.asp" target="_blank">http://www.usr.com/support/s-main-menu.asp</a>