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TimPoet · 12-10-2001, 12:02 AM

Btw, modem in question is Creative Modemblaster DI 5655-00

Basically, it's still not working, neither the mouse or the modem.

Gary, no NIC drivers found under Add/Remove, nor under Network Adapters in Dev. Mgr.
It's not a WinModem. And it's a PCI card, not ISA.
Mouse still kaput. Tried getting it detected by Windows many times and tried to load driver many times via Dev. Mgr. According to your description (and thanks for that, I had forgotten the difference between a PS/2 and a serial) it's a serial connected mouse. When Windows did the detecting and loading of the driver it kept labeling it as a PS/2 and Dev Mgr would show it with an X over it. Obviously, not good.
I think a year or so ago I had similar problems and just went out and bought another mouse. Now it seems to be repeating. Anothr factor- it's the motherboard type (is it AT?) that has a cable from the port to the motherboard, and where the mouse plugs into the connector, the connector on the computer side is loose, one of the two screws is missing. Maybe it's causing a bad connection there and hence, the problems.

Thanks.

AZ, did everything you said step by step. Did it twice actually.

When plugging in the power cord both times, the power supply fan did not start, so I could not hear it.

When I closed the BIOS and allowed it to reboot, Windows did not automatically try to detect the modem. A dialog box appeared saying "The selected port, COM 4, is not available at this time, HotSyncMgr will open up the port when it becomes available."

After getting rid of that, I opened Add New Hardware and made Windows detect it. I chose the make and model but when I hit the NEXT radio button, and got the box titled, INSTALL NEW MODEM saying, "You have selected the following modem" in the text box there is no modem listed indicating what was selected. Under that it says, "Select the port to use with this modem" and there is a bigger text box which I am to type in with a highlighted space for me to enter the port but it doesn't respond to letters or numbers I type from the keyboard. The NEXT radio button is grayed out so I can only go back or cancel. I tried using Add New Hardware and letting Windows detect any new devices instead of me choosing make and model and a couple of times a Rundll32 error (general protection fault) occurred.

Like I said I tried your procedure twice. After the first time it showed the IRQ for the modem having two other devices on Channel 11 with it- DSI modem controller and IRQ holder for PCI steering. After the second time there was only the IRQ for PCI steering and PCI communication device on IRQ 11.
IRQ channels 3 and 5 are free.

Thanks for your advice, I look forward to more so I can try, try again.

Tim

12-10-2001, 12:02 AM	#5
TimPoet digitally confused Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,301	OK, here's what happened Btw, modem in question is Creative Modemblaster DI 5655-00 Basically, it's still not working, neither the mouse or the modem. Gary, no NIC drivers found under Add/Remove, nor under Network Adapters in Dev. Mgr. It's not a WinModem. And it's a PCI card, not ISA. Mouse still kaput. Tried getting it detected by Windows many times and tried to load driver many times via Dev. Mgr. According to your description (and thanks for that, I had forgotten the difference between a PS/2 and a serial) it's a serial connected mouse. When Windows did the detecting and loading of the driver it kept labeling it as a PS/2 and Dev Mgr would show it with an X over it. Obviously, not good. I think a year or so ago I had similar problems and just went out and bought another mouse. Now it seems to be repeating. Anothr factor- it's the motherboard type (is it AT?) that has a cable from the port to the motherboard, and where the mouse plugs into the connector, the connector on the computer side is loose, one of the two screws is missing. Maybe it's causing a bad connection there and hence, the problems. Thanks. AZ, did everything you said step by step. Did it twice actually. When plugging in the power cord both times, the power supply fan did not start, so I could not hear it. When I closed the BIOS and allowed it to reboot, Windows did not automatically try to detect the modem. A dialog box appeared saying "The selected port, COM 4, is not available at this time, HotSyncMgr will open up the port when it becomes available." After getting rid of that, I opened Add New Hardware and made Windows detect it. I chose the make and model but when I hit the NEXT radio button, and got the box titled, INSTALL NEW MODEM saying, "You have selected the following modem" in the text box there is no modem listed indicating what was selected. Under that it says, "Select the port to use with this modem" and there is a bigger text box which I am to type in with a highlighted space for me to enter the port but it doesn't respond to letters or numbers I type from the keyboard. The NEXT radio button is grayed out so I can only go back or cancel. I tried using Add New Hardware and letting Windows detect any new devices instead of me choosing make and model and a couple of times a Rundll32 error (general protection fault) occurred. Like I said I tried your procedure twice. After the first time it showed the IRQ for the modem having two other devices on Channel 11 with it- DSI modem controller and IRQ holder for PCI steering. After the second time there was only the IRQ for PCI steering and PCI communication device on IRQ 11. IRQ channels 3 and 5 are free. Thanks for your advice, I look forward to more so I can try, try again. Tim Last edited by TimPoet; 12-10-2001 at 12:11 AM.