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I worked on a computer this morning which was struck by an electrical surge, frying the onboard modem card.
This computer is a Dell and less than one year old, so a similar PCI modem card was purchased and installed. Windows XP recognized it in the same port, and I was able to install drivers with the supplied software. However, this person runs NetZero, and when I tried to connect, I got an error (633 I believe) telling me that some other program was using the modem's port. So the following troubleshooting steps ensued:
-Tried other PCI slots on the motherboard
-Closed many processes from the task manager
-Tried different local access numbers for NetZero
-Changed various Modem settings (Nothing that I wouldn't know what it would change)
-Followed Troubleshooting Modem tips on Windows XP which notified me that the port in use was not the one the modem needed (Com 1) and even though the card was detected by the hardware wizard, the modem helper couldn't detect it.
The port stuff is where I get confused.
I've been thinking about testing the modem by using a connection to make the modem dial my cell phone, just to test the modem card.
But the more I think about it, it might be NetZero that's causing the conflict because of the interface you have to use to connect.
Any ideas on what is going on/I should do before I resort to reformat/restore?
This computer is a Dell and less than one year old, so a similar PCI modem card was purchased and installed. Windows XP recognized it in the same port, and I was able to install drivers with the supplied software. However, this person runs NetZero, and when I tried to connect, I got an error (633 I believe) telling me that some other program was using the modem's port. So the following troubleshooting steps ensued:
-Tried other PCI slots on the motherboard
-Closed many processes from the task manager
-Tried different local access numbers for NetZero
-Changed various Modem settings (Nothing that I wouldn't know what it would change)
-Followed Troubleshooting Modem tips on Windows XP which notified me that the port in use was not the one the modem needed (Com 1) and even though the card was detected by the hardware wizard, the modem helper couldn't detect it.
The port stuff is where I get confused.
I've been thinking about testing the modem by using a connection to make the modem dial my cell phone, just to test the modem card.
But the more I think about it, it might be NetZero that's causing the conflict because of the interface you have to use to connect.
Any ideas on what is going on/I should do before I resort to reformat/restore?