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Article #16Re: Help with modem.
From: Richard C
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 07:04
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 07:04
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How about the modem diagnostics from control panel ? To reset it to factory defaults send AT&F to it from a Hyperterm session connected directly to the relevant com port. Is the com port used by anything else ? Is it disabled in the bios ? Is the com port installed under windows ? (control panel, system, device manager) "Pepe Duran" <pepe_d@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:F44e6.97583$xW4.742442@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Can anybody help me with a modem problem. > Modem is a Web Excel 56k External Modem. Computer is a old (guessing at 1995 > vintage) IBM Aptiva, Operating system is Win 98 SE. > Control Panel \ System \ device Manager \ modem looks ok, no asterisk or > question marks. > Control Panel \ Modem \ More Info \ Diagnostics all comes up ok with all the > relevant details.
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