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Vieux Richard · 11-23-2007, 11:52 AM

Hi glc, well yes it does have an internal modem and it is working hence the Error 720 that I received when I dial out to the ISP. I downloaded the latest modem driver from the Lenovo website and all that did was upgrade the modem from LT Winmodem to Lucent Winmodem. Still got the same Error 720 when dialling out. Also still no Network icon in Control Panel to verify add/delete protocols. I tried to get W2K to install one of the (few) IBM network adapters (Ethernet Jet) listed when installing a network card in Add Hardware but all it did was put up the Yellow Triangle.
Seems to me that unless someone knows which network adapter is installed then I'm dead in the water with this one. As I said, Lenovo don't even list one - to the best of my Web searching.
I remember another client had an old IBM Thinkpad and the internal modem didn't work on that and we used a PCMCIA modem instead. Don't really want to recommend that workaround to the client, as it might not be the solution and he'd be throwing good money after bad.

11-23-2007, 11:52 AM	#5
Vieux Richard Member (9 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Vieux, France Posts: 472	Hi glc, well yes it does have an internal modem and it is working hence the Error 720 that I received when I dial out to the ISP. I downloaded the latest modem driver from the Lenovo website and all that did was upgrade the modem from LT Winmodem to Lucent Winmodem. Still got the same Error 720 when dialling out. Also still no Network icon in Control Panel to verify add/delete protocols. I tried to get W2K to install one of the (few) IBM network adapters (Ethernet Jet) listed when installing a network card in Add Hardware but all it did was put up the Yellow Triangle. Seems to me that unless someone knows which network adapter is installed then I'm dead in the water with this one. As I said, Lenovo don't even list one - to the best of my Web searching. I remember another client had an old IBM Thinkpad and the internal modem didn't work on that and we used a PCMCIA modem instead. Don't really want to recommend that workaround to the client, as it might not be the solution and he'd be throwing good money after bad.