Modem Trouble, Help!

PiE

(Sorry for it being so long ...)

Oookay, see last week I downloaded a Windows update from the microsoft site but when I installed it (it was IE & Outlook Express upgrade) I didnt like it so I uninstalled it. Fine. But then my internet conn acts weird, I was able to connect but i couldnt goto any sites, log onto anything, check email or anything, it was just dead. So anyways, me being the gobshíte that I am decide to reinstall the modem. But now it wont respond at all. I used to have the modem connected to port COM2, but I cant seem to get it not to keep installing onto COM1...if I could make it conn to COM2 I think it may work.

So if you can help me I'd appreciate it soooo much, ta vry much. :]

yankinlk

a handy little tip...if you are using win 95 i assume you are then try this...(it will prolly work on 98 as well)

1.go into Control Panel and click on System.
2.clikc on device manager tab.
3. click the plus sign for system devices.
4.find PCI Bus, delete it :0
5. reboot.

If you are lucky, then your PC will auto-detect and install all the drivers for all your devices again, ie video card, modem, monitor, HDD controllers, CDROM, etc etc...

This trick fixes loads and loads and loads of problems when you think the only option is a format and reinstall.

TIP: You might want to have the *.cab files from the WIN95 CD copied onto your HD before attemtping this....and if it prompts you for drivers, just point it to the directory where u copied them.

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ps... or just remove the modem, (physically remove it and also from device manager) then reboot that sucker, when its up again then shut down the pc and put the modem back in and start her back up again.

PiE

and if im unlucky...?

Thanks dude, I'll try it

PiE

Did the PC Bus remove thang, back to where I started. I'll try the physical remove, but I cant see it being any different. Each time it asks me to locate the driver...and I cant find it anywhere on the PC. (Driver for "Wave Device" and "PCI Serial Controller" btw)

Neil3030

I used to have this problem (or something simular).
When i click to connect the computer thinks the modem is not pluged in. I solved the problem by getting a small little black doodad that i plugged the line into and then i pluggd the doodad into the computer. its like those splitters you use to connect two phone lines to the one eircom socket, only there is an extension on it of about 4 inches. try one.
u never know

[This message has been edited by Neil3030 (edited 23-04-2001).]

Magwitch

Well I know for sure that if you jack a phone line direcly into the modem socket it switches the modem to off.