Can't get comp. to find internal modem.

I have an older computer. Hell, you could call it archaic. It's a horizontal tower (is it called a tower, then?) with an AMD K6 with around 64mb RAM, no video card. The plug in ports on this is nothing I've seen before (I recently acquired this for twenty five, for a comp to tinker with and get online in my room). The keyboard plugs in with a huge plug with a semi circle of prongs. The mouse plugs in with a joystick-type plug (about the same size as the monitors. Excuse my lack of technical names for these things, I deal more with software issues.) I pulled out my 56k modem from a dead comp of mine, and put it into the pci slot. The computer doesn't register that it's there, even when it checks for new hardware. Currently I have it set for an external modem, but that uses the same plug as my mouse. Convenient if you use your keyboard instead of a mouse, but I'm finding it rather irritating. Any help would be great, and tell me the names of these plugs, if you think you know by my terrible explanations.

-Aaron

 

Try , Control Panel > Add New Hardware & when it ask's if you want it to Find , click no & manually go to modems & continue .

 

The large round keyboard connector is an AT connector, a small round connector is PS/2; a rectangular mouse connector is a Serial, a small round connector is PS/2. The system does have video output, it's built onto the motherboard rather than being a seperate card.

If the modem is a winmodem (most likely if it's a PCI modem) with no jumper settings on it, this system may not be fast enough to run it. Most winmodems require a 200MHz or faster CPU. Some wimodems require that the drivers be installed before the modem card is installed in the system. What's the make/model of the modem?

FYI, if the system doesn't have two serial ports - they can have either 9 pins or 25 pins - you can add a second and even third serial port for use with the external modem. Ask around at your local computer repair shops to see if they have a serial port add-on card available. You'll want to set the card to use COM2 and COM3, 'cause the existing port's most likely already using COM1.