OT - Computer problems

[Mudshark]

I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything today, because programs kept crashing.
But somehow my modem doesn't want to work anymore, it installed properly, but when i try connect to the internet, it doesn't respond.
It really doesn't make sense, because i changed nothing about the modem.

Sounds like windows loaded the wrong drivers for you modem, check my computer=>Control panel=> system

[Lemmy]

i got the drivers from the cd i got with the modem.
the modem shows up in the Device manager (if that is the correct term, i've got the dutch Version) and it gives no errors.
it worked before i formatted, so the drivers can't be wrong

[Garet]

About the monitor that lost the green:
That problem didn't fix itself. Take the time to check the cable and the vid card. Make sure the cable is tight, same for the vid card. My gut reaction would say the problem lies in the monitor, esp if it's a trinitron tube design. In short find the problem, because it will come back to haunt you.

About the modem problem:
You didn't mention if the modem was internal or external. If it's internal, make sure it's plugged into the correct com port. Check the cable (damage, looseness, etc). Also, check to be sure that Win selected the appropriate com port for the modem (Start->Control Panels->Modems; select modem, click 'properties'; check the com port).

If that is ok you could try the followying, though I'm fuzzy on Win98 (been a couple years since I've done this seriously), but this does work on ME (sometimes). Add new hardware, and pick a generic driver for the modem. Don't let Win pick it; you have to manually specify the driver. Try different ones...

[Garet]

Crap, I forgot to mention this:

Do not assume that cables are good (tight, no damage), or that vid cards are seated properly. ;-) If you have opened your case or move your computer occasionally, there is the chance that you have jiggled something loose.

There is also the chance that a mouse (or some other dastardly vermin, like a kitten) decided that your cable needed some 'modifications'. I once had a kitten that worked very hard to ensure that any phone line in the house was good and dead. The bastard. :-)

[Lemmy]

it's an internal modem
i assume it's plugged in ok, since it did work before i formatted.
i don't have any pets to chew on the cable, and the cable works, i checked that.

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Add new hardware, and pick a generic driver for the modem. Don't let Win pick it; you have to manually specify the driver. Try different ones...

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i did choose it manually, and i know what modem needs to be installed, remember it worked before.

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Also, check to be sure that Win selected the appropriate com port for the modem (Start->Control Panels->Modems; select modem, click 'properties'; check the com port).

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i get a message here, i can't remember what it exactly said but it was something like "Port is already open"

i'm going to remove the modem from my computer and try installing it all over again, maybe it got loose or something.

[Lemmy]

guess where i'm sitting right now...that's right, behind my own copmuter with a WORKING modem
i removed the modem, started windows, shutdown my computer, installed the modem again, started windows again, and it pretty much installed itself.