Cannot Detect my modem
in [Windows XP]
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From: Alex on 14 Mar 2010 18:15 Hey thanks for all your help, The first link you gave me with the SLI drivers worked great and everything is running awesome. I appreciate all the help you have provided me. "Paul" wrote: > Alex wrote: > > Hey thanks a lot for the help, under Communications there is none detected > > sooo.. > > Do you see where on the computer the phone line plugs into an RJ-11 > modem connector ? > > This is a picture of a computer with a modem card present. The card > could have one or two connectors on it. (In the picture, the red outline > is drawn around the modem card faceplate.) The card has two connectors, > as that card allows connecting the phone to the end of the line via > one connector, and the connection to the wall is via the other connector. > > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o195/aonfocaleile/pcicard.jpg > > If the thing looks like that, then the card is likely on the PCI bus. > > Another form factor, is the audio modem riser slot, but I don't think > your motherboard has one of those. > > In this photo, the short brown slot in the middle of the photo is an AMR slot. > It uses motherboard audio for the interface for the modem as far as I know. > > http://www.maximopc.org/images/articulos/5/agppro.jpg > > There is an example of an AMR card that plugs into that slot here. > > http://www.abouterp.com/erpsystemswordsa/images/AMR.jpg > > I don't know how an AMR is registered in the system, and > what you'd see in Device Manager for that. > > Other means of connecting modems, are via external modems, > I have a USR external, and it connects via 9 pin RS232 cable, > to the back of the computer. Basically, that modem is connected > to a serial port. If my modem was switched off (which it is > right now), there is no way to detect it. My system remembers > that such a modem was connected though, so it is not completely > forgotten. > > (Modem that connects to serial port.) > > http://content.etilize.com/300/10005730.jpg > > A modem can also be connected via a USB cable, and that would be > an external unit as well. > > ******* > > OK, so you can use your eyes, and take a guess as to what kind of > modem you think it is. If the modem is "external" to the computer, > that should be easy to figure out. If the modem is internal to the > computer, it could be AMR or PCI based. For PCI, download and install > this. > > Everest Free Edition (from Lavalys) > http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html > > Install it, and then run the tool. Go to Devices:PCI Devices and > look through the list. Is there a modem shown there ? Are > there any items that say "NoDB". Things like that are not > recognized by the program, so it can't give a nice text > name to the product it sees. If your hardware is old enough, > the program should get most of it. Lavalys charges for their > latest software, so that version is the last completely free > version. > > I don't hold out much hope of identifying the thing with a program, > so if you get bored with this approach, take the cover off the machine > and have a closer look at where that RJ-11 connector goes. > > If the modem is an external device, and it is not longer connected, > that'll make it pretty hard to detect :-) > > Paul > . >
From: Alex on 14 Mar 2010 18:44 scratch that it doesnt work... I installed the mobo driver and it still wont detect the modem. My computer only has a slot for ethernet not the phone line plug.My computer doesnt have a modem card I dont think? I installed the ethernet driver and it still wont detect my internet... And I am not going to lie that last post you added has me a little confused.
From: Paul on 15 Mar 2010 04:35 Alex wrote: > scratch that it doesnt work... I installed the mobo driver and it still wont > detect the modem. My computer only has a slot for ethernet not the phone line > plug.My computer doesnt have a modem card I dont think? I installed the > ethernet driver and it still wont detect my internet... And I am not going to > lie that last post you added has me a little confused. Well, in one of my posts, I tried to give examples of modems. There are a couple types that install inside the computer. There are a couple types that install outside the computer. If the modem was a card installed inside the computer, there would be an RJ-11 connector with a telephone icon next to it. If you had a dialup modem that was external, you unplugged it and put it away, then after a new install of Windows, there would be no memory of that modem. As an example, I have an external modem. It is currently not connected. Yet, if I run Everest, it mentions the name of the modem that used to be connected. Now, if I was to reinstall the OS right now, then the next time I run Everest, the modem would no longer be mentioned. I would have to connect it, power it up, install the driver, and then I would see it enumerated in the Everest output again. Internal hardware is different, in the sense that it is always powered as long as it is sitting in the computer. And then it is more likely to show up in Device Manager, with an "!" next to the entry, if the driver hasn't been installed yet. You can see some examples of messed up stuff in this Device Manager picture. (The yellow color, means trouble...) http://i44.tinypic.com/22kpbd.png When you install motherboard drivers, that will take care of the devices right on the motherboard. If you've installed any cards in the expansion slots, such as a video card, or an internal modem card, the driver for that would come from another company and be a separate download or installer CD. I was hoping, by mentioning that there were internal and external types, you'd remember where you used to connect the telephone line, in order to use the dialup modem. Paul
From: Bob I on 15 Mar 2010 11:46 You never provided the fine people trying to help you with the name and model of the modem. All you said was "bell modem", that could be almost anything. Alex wrote: > scratch that it doesnt work... I installed the mobo driver and it still wont > detect the modem. My computer only has a slot for ethernet not the phone line > plug.My computer doesnt have a modem card I dont think? I installed the > ethernet driver and it still wont detect my internet... And I am not going to > lie that last post you added has me a little confused.
From: sgopus on 16 Mar 2010 00:01
So with that said, you won't be able to detect a MODEM per se. However having a NIC (Network interface card) means you may be looking in the wrong direction. stop looking for the modem and look instead for your LAN connection, I assume you have a constant on connection to the internet??? try this, open your control panel and look for the network connections icon, let us know if you only have internet connection listed, this means you may have to manually configure your internet connection. You can try opening IE internet explorer and open tools, internet options, and connections tab, choose the LAN settings and ensure the automatically detect settings, let us know if this works. "Alex" wrote: > scratch that it doesnt work... I installed the mobo driver and it still wont > detect the modem. My computer only has a slot for ethernet not the phone line > plug.My computer doesnt have a modem card I dont think? I installed the > ethernet driver and it still wont detect my internet... And I am not going to > lie that last post you added has me a little confused. |