Recent content by KSmith

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    FAX not FAXing

    Thank you for your insight. I'm convinced that you're right. No wonder that you are a Platinum Member. You deserve the designation. ;) The 2.1.56 did indeed come with the most recent Windows upgrade. I do have my Windows update configured to allow me to select the updates. In a moment of...
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    FAX not FAXing

    Thank you for pointing this out. I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of this sooner. I set up the dial up connection solely to test the modem My regular internet connection is cable broadband. I have since removed the dial up connection. The new Sandra print out appears below. Note the...
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    FAX not FAXing

    Yes. I used the dial up connection to test the modem.
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    FAX not FAXing

    To get more information, I installed SIS Sandra to see what more I could learn. The communications devices information appears below. Note that Sandra thinks that the port is in use. Could some other program be blocking FAX access to the port? SiSoftware Sandra Communication Device...
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    FAX not FAXing

    Thank you for the pointer. I had already installed the optional FAX service, so I de-installed it and then re-installed it and followed all of the instructions described in the article 306550 that you pointed me to. Then I started the FAX monitor manually, expanded it, and tried to fax...
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    FAX not FAXing

    Here is the fax modem's log: 07-25-2005 20:48:32.687 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\tapisrv.dll, Version 5.1.2600 07-25-2005 20:48:32.687 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\unimdm.tsp, Version 5.1.2600 07-25-2005 20:48:32.687 - File: C:\WINDOWS\system32\unimdmat.dll, Version 5.1.2600...
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    FAX not FAXing

    :disgust: I'm having a hard time getting the FAX driver built into my XP Pro SP2 system to work. I have an Agere Softmodem. It will dial, but not from the FAX driver. Hardware manager tells me: I can query it from the Diagnostics tab. I can set up a dial-up internet connection and it will...
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    Front port audio

    I'm struggling ith front audio myself rignt now, so I'm no expert. But I think you're missing ground for your audio. I suggest you make sure that your G is on pin 2. That will provide ground for the entire system. Pins 1 & 3 can get the two Mics & pin 4 is empty.
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    Links to dual boot XP & Linux wanted

    First of all, thanks to all of you9 for your info-rmed advice. I still have some questions, though: o Why ubunto? Everyone had kind words to say about SUSE. I hadn't even heard of unbunto before joining these forums. What is its claim to fame? What I am looking for is a distro with...
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    AMD Chip question

    This discussion of L1 and L2 performance on various Intel and AMD arhitectures is fascinating. How does all of this impact JIT (Just In Time) compilers? Examples of JITs are the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and the CLR (Microsoft .NET's Common Language Runtime). We often think of X86 CPUs to...
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    AMD Chip question

    The transition to SATA with striped performance RAID has already begun. Virtually all MBs support this now. Come the nect Xmas season, RAID SATA will be mainstream.
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    Links to dual boot XP & Linux wanted

    I have a PC running XP. I'd like to try out Linux and would like to set the box up to dual-boot. I'm thinking of using Novell/SUSE Linux. They have a free version available. Where do I learn about setting up my system for dual booting? I would appreciate any web links. Thanks.
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    BIOS Checksum error

    I've build a new computer based on an ECS 755-A2 MB, Athlon 3200+ CPU and running XPSP1. All went fine until I installed two PCI expansion cards: an Agere voice modem and an ATI HDTV card. I installed each separately. After each install, I got the error message: The system won't boot into...
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    Front case audio connections to ECS 755-A2 MBoard

    Well, I've done the deed. First of all, I want to thank DannyBoy and GregANDTCH for their help. I hooked up my 2 front USB ports aned they work fine. I also hooked up my front audio ports as DannyBoy suggested. Yes, there were jumpers across R & L signal & return. The results were...
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    Time synchronization error

    This is not my day. I'm trying to synchronize my XPSP1 clock. I've done this successfully before, but not this time. Instead, I get this message: "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com. The time sample was rejected because: The peer's stratum is less...