FREE Elsa / MicroLink 56K V.90 Internal PCI Modem after rebate

[FrugalGuy]

Buy.com is offering this deal again today (2/2/02)


Buy.com's price mistake of the day

EDIT: List Price $79.95 - You Save $39.95 plus $40.00 mail-in rebate. After the rebate, this is a FREE 56K Modem.

Did anybody get this deal the first time? Is this modem better than others?

 

[iamme]

Nice deal, but you should mention that there's a rebate involved, or people will start to get pissy

btw, 96 remaining...

 

[lsman]

Buy.com shuts up shop

 

[manly]

AMEX BVG: http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=273960/search=elsa%2520microlink/

 

[nolamerz]

it doesn't say anything about being compatible with win xp (drivers I guess)- anyone know??

 

[FrugalGuy]

Buy.com is offering this deal again today (2/2/02)

 

[DealyDo]

DANGER DANGER.................Will Robinson



I checked the Elsa website, No drivers for XP that I saw. Last driver update 11/2000.

 

[clunk]

If you go to Elsa's site, they have drivers available for Win2K ... most likely will work with WinXP too.

 

[wasssup]

<< DANGER DANGER.................Will Robinson >>



I read that in a lot of posts nowdays..

 

[BobSnob]

I note that the rebate form is a blank. I guess you're supoosed to print it off, write "You owe me $40" on it, post it up the chimney and wait for Christmas.

 

[Mltsao]

too bad i allready have like 4-5 spare modems from deals similar to this... hehe

 

[slimfast]

no rebate form found on that BUY.com page... as said above, it is an empty pdf file.

anyone know where else can find the rebate form???

 

[Ziptar]

The blankness thing happened to me yesterday with the Harmon Kerdon Speaker Rebate. I had to download it with an FTP tool. It wouldn't work with IE.

 

[FrugalGuy]

Did anybody have any luck with getting the coupon?

 

[Z80]

I'd be real careful about buying anything from Buy.com now. Not only will they be closing down but it took me 3 MONTHS to get them to give me a credit for a supposedly new cordless 2-line phone/answering machine (had someone elses phone numbers programmed in it) that was defective. If you get a dead modem - good luck! :disgust: Must be any store with the word Buy in their name - Best Buy and Buy.com both suck! :|

 

[RONType1]

i have the rebate downloaded, its 230kb i'll send it ONLY if someone hosts or willing to distribute... i can't be emailing that rebate around on a 56k connection hehe..

 

[Mooncalf]

File area

Driver for the ELSA MicroLink 56k PCI HCF for Windows 2000. ---
Important: The driver can only be used for modem cards, that have serial numbers beginning with or the second part of it is beginning with:
8037..., 8613..., 85048...,85049...,85243...,85321...,8831,...8984... !

Important: The driver can only be used for modem cards, that have serial numbers beginning with or the second part of it is beginning with:
8037..., 8613..., 85048...,85049...,85243...,85321...,8831,...8984... ! These barcode-numbers can be found on the label on the modemcard.
These cards are called "HCF cards" (Controllerless).
The installation is described in the installationguide.


File 56khcfe2.exe
Size 406.338 Bytes
Date 11/20/2000
Version v2.64

ftp://ftp.elsa.de/pub/FILES/DATACOMM/MICROLNK/56KPCIHCF/56KHCFE9.EXE

Hereafter you'll find a list of all the ELSA devices which work with Windows XP generic driver :

GENERIC DRIVER :

A lot of ELSA devices are ready to work with the internal Windows XP driver and don't need a separate driver.
These devices are Plug and Play, e.g. Windows detects an ELSA MicroLink 56k Internet PnP if it's a Microlink 56k Internet.

ELSA MicroLink 56k PCI HCF (Please choose in the Manufacturer "GENERIC" and in "Models" the "Generic 56k HCF Data Fax Modem")

 

[Fritzo]

Yes....the built in XP drivers for Microlink modems will work with this modem.

Microlink modems are generic chipsets, so it doesn't matter who's drivers you use. Also, this modem's quality stinks, so don't expect too much from it. I work for a national ISP and we usually recommend people stay away from HCF, HSP, and especially PCTel chipsets if at all possible.