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Modem won't install

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by tohlric

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Modem not recognized
I have installed a PCI v90 56k modem on a pentium 100 machine. I have installed the card and loaded the drivers for the modem. The O/S simply won't recognize the modem. The I/O settings appear to be incorrect. The machine doesn't show a port 2, when I try and install a new modem via the wizard, it prompts me to choose between port 1 or 4. It sees the modem but when I try to connect to the internet, dial-up networking says that there is no modem installed. When I go into the control panel and run a diagnostics on the modem it says that the modem isn't installed. Any suggestions?

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by don christner

I would boot into safe mode (F5 at powerup) then right-click on My Computer. Select Properties then Device Manager. Scroll down to Modem and delete all modems shown. Reboot and it should auto-detect the modem and ask for the disk.

Don

by dcosgrove

Some of the soft modems require a processor with MMX. Do you recall getting any errors on installation? Check on the packaging and see if it says that it has such a requirement.

by guruofdos

MMX is irrelevant...normally! Non MMX processors will run PCI V90 Modems, BUT they need to be at least 233MHz. There is only one PCI modem I can think of that WILL work on a P100, and that has a Cirrus Logic core. Rockwell, Conexant, PC-TEL and Motorola V90 PCI modems just won't run on anything less than 166MHz, and will normally be very unreliable and keep dropping connections below 233MHz.

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