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: Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig wrote:
: > 
: > A friend of mine has a Compaq Presario 425 and wants to install a new
: > modem. The problem is that disabling the built in modem via the setup
: > program doesn't work well enough- and Compaq wants to charge $35 to tell
: > him which jumper is used to fully disable it! Does anyone know where this
: > jumper is- or who to speak to? Thanks alot!

I've got the Presario 425 too.  Called Compaq (pay by the minute 900 
line)  they said go into C-MOS and disable the serial port (there's two 
lines-one says port-one says modem)-do both----it worked for me.  then I 
put in a new I/O card (my 425 had a 8250 UART) and ran my new Cardinal 
28,000 through the 9 pin async serial conector and it worked the first 
time (I'm still running 3.1).  Wonder what this info cost my phone bill.  
When I bought my Compaq ages ago they were a nice company.  $35.00 for 
help on something they built into the unit.  Last one of theirs I buy!
But the Cardinal seems to work fine.