About the KT7A and my ISA Modem.....................

[Spankthru]

My KT7A/Diamond Supra Express 56K ISA Modem:

Does W98 not detect an ISA modem unless its plug n play?
I heard that you have to go into the BIOS under the PNP/PCI
menu and change it to IRQ3 ISA Legacy. Anyone tried it?

 

[Athlex]

I have a KT7A-RAID- haven't tried an ISA modem in there yet, but you might try manually installing the modem in windows. If it's hardware based, you should be able to tell the machine to autodetect it by checking the com ports.
IRQ3 is probably assigned to COM1 by default, but the BIOS/Windows should be able to share it for you.

 

[Democritus10]

Make sure you know the IRQ and COM settings on the modem (if it's a hardware modem).
Then configure the modem IRQ in BIOS to the same.
I've had trouble using COM 1 and 2 on the Abit board. It's better to use COM 4 or 3 since they're not used by the serial ports.
Get Windows to detect the new COM port (add new hardware)
Then install the modem drivers (since Windows will most likely not detect the modem, even with modem search).
Make sure that you set the modem on the same IRQ under windows as is set on the BIOS/modem jumpers.
And then make sure that there are no IRQ conflicts. I used to keep getting IRQ conflicts with the ACPI and couldn't fix it.
If all fails, get a PCI hardware modem Much easier.

 

[Democritus10]

The Abit manual also mentions something about enabling the memory hole in BIOS for certain legacy cards.
I've never tried it myself though. I always though that it was only required for the older ISA cards.