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- From: stevec@rain.org (Steve Childress)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: [Help!] Zoom ComStar 28.8 + Windows95
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 22:21:04 GMT
- Organization: Self
- Message-ID: <4egssg$170_001@news.rain.org>
- References: <4eet81$va@nntp5.u.washington.edu>
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- Keywords: zoom, comstar, win95
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- In article <4eet81$va@nntp5.u.washington.edu>,
- tokyo@u.washington.edu (J. Tseng) wrote:
- > I've read many correspondence in this newsgroup about the
- > Rockwell chip on the Zoom modems and its compatiblity
- > with the PnP PCI BIOS.
- >
- > I'm wondering has anyone come up with a solution to
- > get this modem to function properly?
- >
- > It has taken 7 different people with good computer knowledge,
- > 5 different computers (Pentiums), and over 20 hours of
- > testing all different methods but as of now, the promising
- > ComStar 28.8 is still not working.
- >
- > I would be very appreciated if anyone can offer any
- > assistance on installing this modem in Windows95.
- >
- > /sebastian
- >
- > P.S. I received this modem on Monday (1/22/96) and I thought
- > the modem was defective the first time I installed it. So the
- > vendor sent me another one and it still gave me the same problem.
- > Win95 keeps detecting an Unknown Device and can not assign
- > any Com Port to this unknown device. We also tried manually
- > set it to Com Port 2 or 3 or 4 but that did not work either.
- >
- > It has been a nightmare! Maybe the best bet is to return the
- > modem and forget about this whole business of speakerphone modem.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- Here is what zoom tech support suggests. I haven't had the nerve to try it
- due to the last paragraph. Meanwhile, I bought a $99 OEM generic modem
- at Fry's. Working fine - no voice mail though.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- To set up the Comstar in Windows 95, remove any old modems and sound
- card(temporarly until after setup) from your computer if you have them.
- In Control Panel>System>Device Manager, Remove any modems under Modem and
- remove ALL Com ports under Ports.
- Then go to Add New Hardware and let Win 95 detect the modem. If the modem is
- detected on Com5, then do the following.
- Do not use Setmodem, Portwiz, Setport, etc.
- Goto Control Panels>System>Device Manager>Modem>ComStar 28.8(14.4). Click on
- Properties>Resources and take the check out of "use automatic settings"
- Change to basic configuration 002. Click on Change Setting. Using the up/down
- arrows,change the address to 03E8-03EF Click on OK. Highlight the IRQ
- selection. Click on Change Setting Change the value to 05 (or 07 if 05 shows
- a conflict) Click on OK and then OK again.
- The modem is now set to Com3 with irq 5.
- Select a different address and IRQ if Com3 is in use.
-
- If your bios does not have the PCI to ICU option, follow these instructions:
- In control panel>system>device manager>system devices, remove the PCI plug n
- play bus. Then go to Add new hardware and MANUALLY add system devices>ISA
- plug n play bus. Click thur next until you get to finish.
-
- Happy modeming
- Joe
- Zoomrep
-