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Hi,
let me get that strait. The plugs on the left side from the laptop,
still need to have a miniPCI board. Wauh, then I assume I got screwd.
Because I check the bay on the bottom of the laptop, and its empty.
What amazes me is that the dell guy told me, that it had an onboard
modem. But somehow I was thinking something like that already. Makes
sense.
Anyway, I got me a Xircom Modem/Nic Card PCMCIA. Works so far. To my
surprise, Dialup is..mm slow. Somehow my modem has some wired connects
sometimes, but that is perhaps a dialup feature.
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:27:57 GMT, "dg1261" <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com>
wrote:
>
>"Joerg Jaeger" <yester64@gmx.net> wrote:
>> i got an old Dell Latitude C600 Laptop. But i am having some
>> small problems with it.
>> I do not get the internal modem/nic to work. As i called dell,
>> the support could not tell me anything about it, only that it
>> has a internal modem. On the driver page was also nothing to
>> be found.
>> Anybody has this laptop too and could tell me, where i get
>> the drivers?
>
>Step 1: do you really have an internal nic/modem? The jacks on the side of
>the case only work if a miniPCI card is installed inside. So loosen the two
>screws on the bottom and remove the cover plate. You'll see cavities for
>two memory sodimms and one square-shaped space for the miniPCI card. If
>there is no card there, that's your problem. If there is, it could be a
>modem-only mpci, a nic-only mpci, or a combo modem+nic mpci. If it's a
>combo card, there should be two small cables plugged into the edge of the
>card on the opposite edge from the socket connector. Those cables connect
>the card to the jacks on the side of the case. If it's a modem-only or
>nic-only card, only one of the two cables will be plugged in. Make a note
>of the brand/model number printed on the mpci card. The brand is probably
>Actiontec or 3-Com.
>
>Step 2: if you're certain you have a combo card, and both cables are
>connected to the edge of it, then power on and go into the bios setup. One
>of the bios pages should acknowledge that it found the mpci. If not, then
>you've got a hardware problem--possibly a bad mpci card.
>
>Step 3: if the bios recognizes you have a combo mpci card, then boot Windows
>and check device manager to see what it says. You should have one entry
>under network adapters and one entry under modems. If not there, look under
>unknown devices. To find drivers, go to Dell site, search by your service
>tag number or by Latitude C600. Specify your operating system and look for
>"communications drivers". Find the download for your brand. NIC and modem
>drivers are combined in one download. When you download and extract the
>files, you'll get both drivers, but both have to be installed separately.
>In device mgr, right-click the appropriate device (modem or nic), choose
>"update driver", and point the wizard to the correct directory, either the
>nic or modem directory. Then do the same for the other device.
>
>
Bye
Joerg