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Bill Owen <bowen@442.ar.com.au> wrote in message
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> After working fine for years, my Netcomm
> InModem 336 internal modem has gone mute.

Struck dumb by what you downloaded thru it most likely.

I've reported you to the RSPUPFOM

> The information at www.netcomm.com.au
> is not much help for this problem.

Its a pretty standard Lucent chipset Winmodem.

> I didn't knowingly change anything. It has stopped making sounds
> for all of the operating systems on my machine (NT, 95, Linux).

> Going to, e.g. Hyperterminal on NT, I can type modem AT
> commands to see what's going on. I have the manual that
> came with the modem, so I know which AT commands I can use:

> AT&V shows the active profile. The values are all the
> same as the factory defaults specified in the manual.
> Specifically, "M1" is still active (speaker on when
> dialling, off otherwise), as is "L3" (high volume level).

> In NT, going to Control Panel->Modem, shows that modem speaker
> volume is set to maximum. Further going to Connection->Advanced
> shows that there is nothing in "Extra settings".

> So for all intents and purposes, I think the modem shouldn't be silent.

Yep, specially not in all OSs.

> Other than the modem sounds, everything about the modem still works fine.

> Do I assume that the modem speakers are zappo kaput?

Yep.

> Or can I blame a virus, Y2001, or Bill Gates?

You're welcome to blame all those. Its just the 'speaker' thats
died tho. Doesnt really qualify as a speaker, its a tiny little piezo.