Winmodem does not detect and install

[jparkhill]

A neighbor lost her hard drive last week and we bought a new one, upgrading her operating system from Win98se to Win2000. The problem is she has a 56k winmodem that will not work nor detect any software (drivers) from the W2k CD.

I recall from my old modem days what a hassle the winmodems were and I quit using them, but that doesn't solve my problem now. How do I obtain software drivers to run this winmodem...brand unknown. Is there some workaround to get running? A generic driver perhaps?

Thanks for the assist.

Jan

 

[pansophic]

WinModems are generally not supported by MS generic drivers. You will probably have to pull the card from the system to determine its make/model/chipset. Then you can download the appropriate drivers from the manufacturer.

If you have a Linux boot disk (floppy or CD), you can boot the PC with Linux and "cat /proc/pci" and look at what device is on the bus. You can download Knoppix or the Linux Bootable Business Card for this purpose.

There should be a way to do the same thing in Windows, but I have no idea how to do it.


pansophic

 

[jparkhill]

Thanks, Panosophic...

I've had the winmodem out of the PC, but didn't pay much attention to the chip/name. Gawd only knows, but NO ONE puts there name on a modem (...USR will occasionally)

I'll see if the chip gives me a good clue for a driver...I'm afraid my user will NOT know how to provide this info.

Thanks,

Jan

 

[jparkhill]

I've checked and the chipset is Motorola. Info I've gathered indicates Motorola got out of the modem business and that includes dismantling their modem webpage so, no drivers are available.

I checked several places like Drivers.com and I'm not sure what they suggest I try. Anyone have any ideas on getting this Winmodem to run properly? I'm hoping to find generic drivers for any winmodem...

Jan

 

[pansophic]

Every WinModem is unique in the way that it addresses the hardware, so a generic is out of the question. There are generic drivers for specific chipsets, so occassionally a driver written for one brand of modem with the Connexant chipset will work on another brand of modem with a Connexant chipset, but that is about as good as it gets.

Did you look on 56K.com? They sometimes have references to generic chipset drivers. They have a link to

http://v90.motorola.com

that was up and running.

I found this out there as well.

http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/support

pansophic

 

[jparkhill]

pansophic, thanks again. I'll dig deeper into these sites and hopefully test the modem.

 

[Lescohydro]

You might also try

http://www.driverguide.com

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