From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Jan 09 2000 - 00:16:29 EST
Hmm..
yes, of course..
the settings might have changed when the new bios went in..
reset to default and all that..
also, win9z has a nasty way of changing the bios settings and not telling you..
i've experienced that on 701 and 760C series..
Michael Cummings wrote:
> The 701 modem is a real hardware modem. Go into the bios setup and insure
> that the port & irq is correct for the com port you are trying to use.
>
> I don't have my 701 handy (it's at work) but I suspect that it got set to
> a factory standard (or maybe disabled completely).
>
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > try reloading windows
> >
> > Jeanne Snelson wrote:
> >
> > > We have a great 701C with all the original equipment (14.4 internal modem,
> > > 720 hd, 16 ram, etc). Everything had been working fine. Windows 95A has
> > > been on the machine for several years, with no problems. The machine had a
> > > 1995 bios, and we recently installed the latest available bios (ver. 3o -
> > > dated 2-16-96).
> > >
> > > After the bios installation the modem no longer works, and the computer
> > > freezes up whenever a connection is attempted. This is true when trying to
> > > dial up our service provider, get on line or access e-mail. When we tried
> > > to use just the telephone dialer, the same thing happens.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas? Could the latest bios be the problem? Our next
> > > attempt is to try a PC card modem, but thought we'd check with the list
> > > first.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Jeanne <jeannes_at_ix.netcom.com>
> >
> > --
> > Happy trails...
> >
> > ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> > e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> >
> >
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