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Modem probs
Need help for sudden failure of modem.
56K V.90 Creative modem with Win 95 OS.
It was working fine and one day just stopped.
My remedies:
Rubbed eraser on copper leads of card to clean them. Reseated card in PCI slot and when that failed to help, moved card to other two slots with no results.
Thru Device Manager removed modem and rebooted. Windows didn't seem to complete the detection because no modem was found in Device Mgr.
It's detected by Modem Properties in Control Panel at Com 4. But when I try to do diagnosis by hitting "More Info" in Diagnostics tab a window comes up labeled Open Comm, which says, "Couldn't open port" and the diagnosing function stops.
Hope this post makes sense, am too tired to think clearly.
Oh yeah, don't know if this is related to modem problem, but the mouse was having problems, too, right in the middle of tinkering with the modem. After a reboot it was no longer detected by computer and had a ! by it in Device Manager, when I got it back by reinstalling its driver, its performance was degraded, seemed to act as if its cord was loose and worked better if I pushed it in with my left hand as I manipulated it. Now, this may be a direct result of me reinstalling the monitor driver (Viewsonic), which caused the need for the reboot, because the mouse was working great right up to the point I installed the monitor driver. This mouse however was also not being detected by the computer prior to today and just started working upon starting the computer today.
Thanks for the help.
Tim
Cyrix II 300, 4 Gig HD,
Dial Up Networking was configured for an ISA NIC card which isn't being used now,
onboard sound and video, 64 MB SDRAM, no other PCI or ISA cards used
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