56k At 33.6k!?

SINCE YOU GUYS HELPED LAST TIME HERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU - SINCE MY UPGRADE TO 98 THE MODEM WENT FROM CONNECTING AT 44.8 DOWN TO 33.6K!!! ANY IDEAS? I HAVE DONE ALL THE USUAL SETTINGS - SET AT MAX. 115 AND SUCH BUT MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE A BETTER IDEA - SOMETHING NEW I CAN TRY - THANKS IN ADVANCE. MC

 

Hope some of the others have a magic solution to this, but mine is to remove and reinstall drivers.
Have a look in Add/Remove programs, remove any modems. Go to Device Manager and remove any there.
Shut down, reseat connections (and the card if it is internal).
Restart and install the latest drivers.

It took three goes on one modem, but went from 28k to 44k now.

Hope this helps
Matt

 

REMOVE MODEM?!

MATTMAN - THANKS FOR THE IDEA. BUT - IF IT IS AN INTERNAL THING DOESN'T THAT MEAN I WOULD HAVE TO OPEN UP MY COMPUTER? PLUS - IF I REMOVE THE MODEM HOW COULD I GET ON THE WEB TO DOWNLOAD A NEW DRIVER? I AM JUST A BEGINNER YOU KNOW? THANKS. MC

 

Hi MCHAAK,

Have a look for your new drivers now (at 28k), you'll probably only have 1 or 2 megabytes to download. You will need to know the actual model of the modem. Try putting the model number into a search engine (I use Yahoo). This should come up with the results that include your Modem manufacturer and maybe straight to the download page.
Save the download to somewhere easy to find...like make a folder called "Modem" in C:. You may be able to download it onto a floppy.

You could just reload the drivers without reseating the modem card, but this may be a reason why it isn't functioning properly. Reseating a modem isn't too much drama, as long as you are careful. With the computer unpluged, unscrew or unclip the computer cover. Identify which card is the modem. Unscrew the retaining $crew of the card. Carefully lift the card out, holding at both ends, it may need to rock back and forth a little, but try not to touch the electronics (electrostatics can zap a processor, but not if you ground yourself by touching the metal frame). Pull it just clear of seating (slot). Then reverse the process to reseat it, making sure to keep even pressure on both ends, but not too much that it could crack the motherboard, that's the limiting factor.
Modem manufacturers generally have an installation proceedure for their cards, but your local PC repair shop may do it for nix and let you watch (or a PC knowledgable friend).


Matt
Keep watching these forums and you'll be building PC's in no time

 

GOOD OR LUCKY!?

HEY MATTMAN! THANKS FOR THE REPLY - SOUNDS SCARY. BUT I THINK I FOUND AN OUT. I FOUND THIS SITE ON MODEMS - MODEMSITE.COM?! ANYWAY IT HAS TONS OF ADVICE AND TIPS AND IDEAS ON MODEM PERFORMANCE AND SUCH - BUT MOST OF IT WAS OFF LIMITS UNLESS YOU BECOME A MEMBER - FOR A PRICE OF COURSE - SO I DID - AND GET THIS - IT WAS $1.49!!!!! SO WHAT THE HAY - IT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MODEM I HAD AND STUFF - FOUND OUT IT WAS A LT WIN ? SO THEN IT SHOWS ME A LINK TO A PAGE TO UPGRADE MODEMS!!! DOWNLOADS! I PICK THE LASTEST ONE FOR LT - A 8.24 AND DOWNLOADED THE SUCKER IN A FEW MINUTES - THEN WENT OUT AND OPENED UP THE SETUP.EXE ON THE DESKTOP AND RAN IT. BUT WHEN I TRIED TO CHECK MAIL IT PUT UP THIS MODEM MANAGER THING AND I WENT THRU ALL THESE STEPS OVER AND OVER AGAIN - IT ASKED FOR MY DISK!!! I HAVE STINKING DISK! PLUS NOW WHEN I TRIED TO CHECK MAIL IT DOES NOT EVEN DIAL UP! I AM SITTING THERE THINKING THAT I WAS AGAIN HAVE ******* UP THE COMPUTER MY POKING AROUND WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING. SO I RESTART THE COMPUTER AND - LOW AND BEHOLD - THIS BOX COMES UP SAYING THAT IT IS INSTALLING NEW HARDWARE ON THE COMPUTER! WHY DIN'T THEY TELL ME I HAD TO RESTART AFTER I RAN THE SETUP!!!!????? ANYWAY - NOW IT CONNECTED AT 45.3K!!! LUCKY! MC

 

MCHAAK:
Take the Caps Lock off! It looks like you're yelling, plus it's **** hard to read, as all the letters run together when using capitols! George.

 

THERE IS ALWAYS ONE IN EVERY FORUM!

I LOVE CAPS - AND NO ONE IS YELLING - ITS TOTALLY WITHOUT SOUND! SORRY GRUMBY GRUSS. GOT ANY HELP ABOUT A COMPUTER PROBLEM?

 

Mchaak sorry MCHAAK

Thanks for letting us know the outcome. Good one.

Matt
PS I used to be a "caps" man(PERSON) myself. Till I decided to take the longggg way....drat!!!!

 

I think most of us would agree on the caps question.
I/we don't even bother to try and read the post.
So, if you are trying to attract attention, the opposite is achieved.

 

MOLEHILL MOUTAIN

GEEZ !!! WHAT A BIG TODO ON MY CAPS THING! FIRST OF ALL - I CAN READ CAPS BETTER THAN THE REGULAR SIZE - HELPS ME TYPE TOO - AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FORUM TO HELP OTHERS AND ASK FOR HELP WITH PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS I THOUGHT. I AM WELL AWARE OF THE CONVERSATIONAL STYLE RULE THAT CAPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR EMPHASIZNG A POINT OR WORD - AND IN SOME EXTREME FORUMS LIKE SPORTS OR POLOTICS I GUESS THEY ARE USED TO YELL. BUT IN THIS FORUM IT IS A LITTLE SILLY TO THINK THAT I OR ANYONE ELSE WOULD BE YELLING! WE ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IN HERE - WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO YELL? KINGSR1 END OF SUBJECT