modem for intel advanced/ev mobo

[unofire]

I have an older pc with the intel advanced /ev mobo running on a 133mhz cpu. however without stating the obvious ie get a newer machine i am having trouble installing a 56k intel chip pci modem with win 98. The system hangs on boot-up after the post a computer shop says because its an older machine it will need a hardware modem but before I go and buy one does anyone have any other thoughts on the matter? Its just to be used for surfing the net.

Thanx in anticipation

unofire

 

[rockerfellerz]

how much ram do you have? Is there any error message when booting?

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RocKeRFelLerZ

 

[unofire]

Hi Rockerfellerz

The machine has 80mb of ram (Dimm Pairs) and there is no error message it detects the keyboard then hangs even if i install the software some times the machine will get to the Windows 98 screen then it hangs.

Thanx

 

[rockerfellerz]

They may be right about the hardware modem; the software modems rely on the cpu to work( are there any minimum specs for the modem?) 133mhz is not a lot of power.
You could try the modem in a different PCI slot, some times that helps. Did you install the drivers for the modem before inserting the card? I would install the drivers and then replace the card and let windows detect it( hopefully...)

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