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by shanghai sam

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I recently installed an external "ELSA Microlink 56K Intenet" modem. It works great as a modem, but I have no sound.I use amplified speakers.

My previous modem had no seperate sound card and I wonder if I need to add one now. It also did not haveany wires attached to it.

I am using Win 95 on a IBM 350-P130 computer.

The "MultiMedia properties" screen does not show the box highlighted in order to put the volune control on the taskbar.I wonder if this means I need a new sound card?

Also under "Other Devices" I show "Audio for Elsa Voice Modem Serial Wave Device"

Is there some way that I can verify that I need a new sound card ?

Thanks for any help'

Warren

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by thechas

IF ypur old modem was a combination sound card and modem, then yes you need a new sound card.

Are there any jacks on the back of your PC to plug the speakers into?
If so, you may just need to install a driver, or enable the sound sytem in the BIOS settings.

Why did you replace the old modem?
Did it fail?

What type of modem was it?
AMR modem? Then you need a sound card?
On-Board modem? If it failed, it may have taken out the sound also.
Seperate PC card?

Does device manager show any Sound or multi-media devices, other than the modem?

My guess is that you may need a new sound card.

I tried to search IBM for info on your PC, but I need more info.
what series is your PC? Aptiva?
See if there is a detailed model number of the back or bottom of the PC.
With the full model number and description, I can access the system information, and determine what type of sound it originallt had.

by derekdcosta

You had sound before, right? Either onboard or a sound card.

After installing the microlink things went wrong.

The Microlink Modem is likely causing an IRQ conflict with the soundcard and the Modem has won the fight.

Manually set the IRQ for eitheror both of the devices...
Modem IRQ 3 or 4 ( or change the COM port for the modem) and Sound Device = IRQ 5
You may need to do this in the BIOS

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