I've tried 3 times to install a modem on my new K7S5A, and failed each time. What am i doing wrong?
I started with the old motorola SM56 from my old system. This installed fine, but would cause crashes while going online more and more till eventually it stopped my system POSTING. I figured it had died, and got a new one. Then I read that the K7S5A often has problems with SM56s and figured that was it.
Then i ordered a Diamond suprasomething hardware modem. Plugged it in, windows98 detected something, but the drivers wouldnt recognise the modem. tried latest drivers, same problem. RMAd it and got my money back, less postage.
So today i figured i'd try my local pc shop, pick up their cheapest modem, and give it a whirl. Apparantly its a Pine v.90 ESS2898 chipset modem. I plug it in and... no POST. All 5 PCI slots... no POST. Take it out and i'm booting again. This is funny, because i'm using no other PCI devices. A quick try installing an old PCI video card worked just fine.
Before i go back to the shop tomorrow and swap it for an external, does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
I started with the old motorola SM56 from my old system. This installed fine, but would cause crashes while going online more and more till eventually it stopped my system POSTING. I figured it had died, and got a new one. Then I read that the K7S5A often has problems with SM56s and figured that was it.
Then i ordered a Diamond suprasomething hardware modem. Plugged it in, windows98 detected something, but the drivers wouldnt recognise the modem. tried latest drivers, same problem. RMAd it and got my money back, less postage.
So today i figured i'd try my local pc shop, pick up their cheapest modem, and give it a whirl. Apparantly its a Pine v.90 ESS2898 chipset modem. I plug it in and... no POST. All 5 PCI slots... no POST. Take it out and i'm booting again. This is funny, because i'm using no other PCI devices. A quick try installing an old PCI video card worked just fine.
Before i go back to the shop tomorrow and swap it for an external, does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
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