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by mckaytech 1 view

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I have a Win98 workstation running WinFax v10 and a Creative Modemblaster ISA modem. Everything works fine except fax receive. On an incoming fax, the modem picks up the line and starts to negotiate but then times out with a transmission error.Has anyone found an initialization string that works with this combination of hardware and software?

paul

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by cajundon

Hi Paul, 1st of all you did not mention what verison of Windows 98 workstation you are running! It is best to upgrade to Windows 98SE for free at Windows Update and get the latest updates and driver for Windows 98SE.

Another thing you need to getthe latest drivers for your Faxmodem from the manufacture of the modem. Most of the time Windows 98, it does not matter what verison uses a generic dirver, and does not support all of the features of your FaxModem, unless you manually install the latest driver.

One other suggestion is to get a newer modem with at least a PCI Bus, the prices are very resonable, and probalble cheaper than what you paid for the ISA Modem years ago, and are designed to work with Windows 98.

Good luck and havea great day.

by mckaytech

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I have the latest drivers and the modem must be either ISA or external due to the motherboard configuration and other cards that must be used. I've tried Symantec's suggestions so I think my next move will be an external modem that I KNOW works in this application.

But I appreciated your response so I figured some points were due for the effort.

paul

by dmiles

Did not find or know of any initilization strings that will correct the problem,you may well know that this choke point may be worked out with if you make sure that their is enough cache to control the memory load,and that your display and host adapter cards are on the local bus.
Good Luck

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