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- From: Ulf.Lange@tripnet.se (Ulf Lange)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- Subject: Re: Modem hardware conflict? Please help me with this bizarre problem!
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 15:18:23 GMT
- Organization: Tripnet AB
- Message-ID: <4h9orv$aoe@minox.tripnet.se>
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- In article <4gv4al$7u3@matahari.bae.bellcore.com>, eliz@cc.bellcore.com
- says...
- >
- >
- >I have been having these weird modem problems that are driving me
- >nuts. A couple of people have suggested it is a hardware conflict, but
- >win95 doesn't report any. My machine is a 486dx266 with 8MB
- >RAM. Microsoft serial mouse on com1. Diamond Stealth 24 video
- >card. The machine is 2+ years old.
- >
- >
- >The symptoms:
- >
- >1. Zoltrix 14.4 internal fax-modem (on com2, com2 on my io card is
- >disabled) worked great under win3.1. I install win95, and I can do
- >anything *once* (use a phone dialer, connect with ppp, use
- >hyperterminal), then I must reboot to get it to talk to me again
- >(win95 reports no response from modem). Also, it doesn't work with
- >Microsoft Fax (hangs on "initializing modem") or any other fax program
- >I have tried. Zoltrix says it has tested that exact modem and it works
- >fine with win95. They say it must be a hardware conflict.
- >
- >2. Any time I use add new hardware to add com2 or my modem, the mouse
- >hangs when I finish installing and I have to reboot.
- >
- >3. I tried a Multitech external 28.8 modem. Enabled my io card
- >external com2 and removed the internal modem. Win95 saw the com port,
- >but not the modem (it didn't detect any modem on com2 at all). A
- >friend tried it on his machine and win95 saw the modem. My external
- >com port has never been used, so it possibly could be faulty, but
- >win95 did see and install the port itself.
- >
- >4. I tried a USR Sportster 288 vi internal modem. Disabled the com2 on
- >the io card. This one faxes and connects and disconnects
- >beautifully. Every time I try to use ppp, it fails with either "could
- >not negotiate a compatible set of network protocols" or "could not
- >connect to server". I can see in the log that a connection is being
- >established but the failure happens bringing ppp up. I can use
- >dial-up-networking with this modem to dial up to work and connect with
- >a single screen (the dun post-connect screen), but ppp always fails.
- >
- >USR suggested a clean install of win95, which I did (I wanted to
- >repartition my hard-drive anyway). Now I have no autoexec.bat or
- >config.sys. Same problems. A friend tried the modem in his machine
- >with no problems. I have gone over my ppp config with my ISP screen by
- >screen, and ppp works with my Zoltrix anyway. Possibly there is some
- >combination of serial port and modem settings (speed/flow
- >control/error control) that I haven't tried, but I did try speeds down
- >to 19.2.
- >
- >------
- >
- >I bought a new io card with a 16550 UART since my current one doesn't
- >have one. I will try that with the external Multitech, but I haven't
- >had a chance to install it yet.
- >
- >
- >Any ideas? Any suggestions for how to figure out what this problem is?
- >I was thinking of disabling the mouse by unplugging it and removing it
- >from device manager and seeing what happens. Is this enough to disable
- >it?
-
- Shareware for resolving hardware conflicts can be found on the site of
- Computer Telecommunication Systems, Inc, at
-
- http://www.comminfo.com/
-
- Ulf
-
-