modem detection

[Indie]

Hi all - under W-ME I was able to leave the external modem powered off until
I required it - power it on and instantly detected it was on so the CMO port
became active. However under W2K I was required to either leave the modem
power on while booting or "refresh" the COM to detect the modem. I'm
finding I have to do the same for W-XP : is this true :)

TIA

[Lawrence]

Hi Tia,

You might want to look into getting a different serial cable... a 'smart
cable'... those pins tell the machine specific things.... and when you turn
off your modem, it might somehow interfere (or more likely) NOT send the
reconnect notice, when you turn it back on. Or it might just be a modem
setting you can change....

Check out this link I found to an article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314846

Good Luck,
-Lawrence in Seattle

"Indie" > wrote in message
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> Hi all - under W-ME I was able to leave the external modem powered off
until
> I required it - power it on and instantly detected it was on so the CMO
port
> became active. However under W2K I was required to either leave the modem
> power on while booting or "refresh" the COM to detect the modem. I'm
> finding I have to do the same for W-XP : is this true :)
>
> TIA
>
>