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modem USR Sporster 33.6 PnP internal

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From: NYK
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00
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Hello to all,

I've got an annoying problem with my internal modem US Robotics Sporster
FAX/Voice PnP...

No way to connect at more than 21600 bps !!
Sometime, very rarely, it works (33600), but if I retry immediately, it
doesn't work anymore (21600).

I already changed my modem at my local reseller, and it didn't change
anything...

Funniest is I found the workaround : I only had to use a non-shared IRQ by
disabling one of the COM ports in the BIOS.
This was on my old PC (Pentium 166), but now, it doesn't work anymore !!
(Pentium II 333), even by disabling all COM ports (PS/2 mouse).

If anyone has an idea about this, I would be grateful if you mailed me...

Thanks in advance.

Rem: no connection (well, maybe...), but I got for free an upgrade for the
modem chuip to X2, but it didn't work at all (modem recognized as an
external (?) X2 (PnP), but there was no response from the modem...). I
phoned the same number : "no problem, the chip is defect, we'll send you a
new one !" (no further news...). I inserted the old chip again, and it
worked directly (at the time, without problem). Of course, I tryed the
operation several times... (No translation found for the french expression)

(french message follows)

Bonjour � tous,

J'ai un probl�me g�nant avec mon modem US Robotics Sporster FAX/Voice PnP
interne...

Impossible de me connecter � une vitesse sup�rieure � 21600 bps !!
Parfois, tr�s rarement, cela fonctionne (33600), mais si je r�essaye tout de
suite apr�s, re-belotte (21600).

J'ai d�j� fait un �change standard chez mon revendeur, et cela n'a rien
chang�...

Le plus dr�le, c'est que j'avais trouv� la parade : il suffisait de choisir
un IRQ non partag� en d�sactivant un des ports COM dans le BIOS. Cela,
c'�tait sur mon ancien PC (Pentium 166), mais maintenant, �a ne fonctionne
plus !! (Pentium II 333), m�me en d�sactivant tous les ports COM (souris
PS/2).

Si quelqu'un a une id�e � ce sujet, vous seriez bien sympa de m'�crire par
mail...

Merci d'avance.

Rem: aucun rapport, mais j'ai obtenu gratuitement une mise � jour de la puce
du modem en X2, mais elle ne fonctionnait pas du tout (modem reconnu comme
un X2 externe (PnP), mais le modem ne r�pond plus...). J'ai resonn� au m�me
num�ro : "pas de probl�me, la puce est d�fectueuse, on vous en renvoit une
!" (aucune nouvelle depuis...). J'ai remis l'ancienne puce, et �a
fonctionnait directement (� l'�poque, sans probl�me). J'ai bien s�r r�essay�
plusieurs fois... Ceci dit en passant...
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From: "NYK" <nyk69@usa.net>
Subject: modem USR Sporster 33.6 PnP internal
Date: 1998/12/01
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