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by mn16 Jul 20, 2003 last reply Aug 6, 2003

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Dear all,

I have recently hooked up to the internet, and for a few days the familiar sound of connecting to the internet played through my PC's speakers. But now I hear nothing - I use my soundcard for CD's, mp3's, normal sounds etc., but the familiar internet connection sounds have become silent.

Could someone please inform me of how to turn the modem sounds back on? I have an internal model (exact model unknown). I hook up to the internet fine and the sound system seems to work for everything else.

Thanks for your assistance,

~Mathias Nagy

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by thechas Jul 20, 2003

The modem sounds normally come from a speaker on the modem itself.

To check for the modem sound volume;

Start,
Settings,
Control Panel,
Modems

Click on your modem, then select properties.

On one of the tabs, you can set the speaker volume, or select to mute the speaker.
If checked, un-check the mute, and set the volume as desired.

Chas

by mn16 Jul 26, 2003

Thanks, but it didn't help. I have no mute checkbox under properties for my modem.

by abarnes70 Jul 23, 2003

Mathias,

You could also try the following:

Open your Volume Control. Make sure you can see the PC Speaker control (if not, enable under Properties). Set the PC Speaker control to mid-range and then try.

Failing that, you could try adding M1L2 to your modem initialisation string, which sets the modem to produce sounds until connected (M1) and do so at a decent volume (L2).

Hope they help!

by mn16 Jul 26, 2003

PC speaker volume was fine, so thats not the problem. I'm not sure how to send this string to my modem under windows 98. Thanks for your help.

by thechas Jul 27, 2003

On the general tab of modem properties, was there a slider for speaker volume?

This is where you control the volume of the speaker on the modem itself.

While not likely, it is possible for the speaker on the modem to fail.

If you are sure that the modem sounds used to come through your sound card speakers, open the mixer console, and see if the modem is present, and if the mute button is checked, or the slider is down to the low end.
Look in the options or settings menu to see if there are hidden options for additional mixer channels. The modem may be referred to as a TAD or other device.

Chas

by mn16 Jul 29, 2003

No slider for speaker volume. (It is an internal HSP56 Audiomodem Riser). The mixer console shows all sound sources and they are all near maximum.

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if it was the modem speaker or the sound card that generated the connection sounds. The sound card seems to be fine. As all the options up till now have seemed to fail, perhaps, as you suggest, the modem speaker has failed. Thanks for your help.

by abarnes70 Jul 27, 2003

Mathias,

Go to Control Panel/Modems. Select your modem and click Properties. Click on the Connection tab and then click Advanced. In the Extra Settings box, type ATM1L2. If you get an error when trying to connect, remove the AT from that box.