HELP?!? inpiron 4000 lappy modem troubles

[jkj]

Guys Im working on my friends laptop. He bougt xp pro and wanted me to install in for him. I did and everythings fine except his modem will not dial up. It is a wierd problem too. Ive tried like 5 sets of drivers currently the agere 8.3 and same thing everytime. The modem will pick up on the line wait for dialtone then dial. Heres the problem the dialtone never goes away. Its like my phone line can't hear the modem!?!?! The was a clean install not an upgrade. If anybody has any help I would appreciate it. Im confused. I can hook up an external USR modem and everything is golden. It worked fine with windows me before I upgraded. Anybody?

 

[Abhi]

Just a hunch... but try changing the tone/pulse setting...

 

[jkj]

yeah ive tried it in tone and pulse mode... same thing

 

[Abhi]

Then i dunno what...