re: Where is the modem? Here, modem, here, boy...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at 12:25 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6120 messages posted)
If you try everything listed in the replies and it still doesn't work, it's probably
dead. IME, modems fail for no obvious reason and if it's a software modem, the failure
rate is even higher.. Try a different modem if you have one available, or buy a
decent hardware modem. (I prefer US Robotics/3Com, they seem to last longer over
all) In all my years of building computers, I've only had one software modem work
on par with a hardware modem, and it lasted less than a year before failing. Good
Luck!
On Monday, June 20, 2005 at 3:09 pm, spudtu wrote:
>After a tortuous reformat, repartition, reinstallation of W98 2ed, when I try to
>setup my modem (Aztech MDN 3900) on my Dell (XPS T450), the setup "wizrd" (Gomer
>Pyle was more of a wizard) keeps saying it cannot find a "new" modem (when none
are
>installed already). Moreover, if I try to choose the driver file manually, #1 it's
>not on the CD (not original CD, but legit like my W98 license) and #2 no matter
which
>driver I choose, the wizard says it can't find it (even when I point its browse
function
>right to the directory).
>
>Alright, this is driving me straight to a new computer... it's already too late,
>I give up, but I would like to eventually get this baby going again. This modem
>worked fine forever before I swapped hard drives and etc, etc. Oh, yeah, the Aztech
>website says it no longer supports this modem (no driver available for download).
> These wizards and vendors are really idiot savants and scheisters.
>
>Whatever.
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