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Happy it all worked out.
Joe
"geedee" <geedee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3FCD9176-4C2A-47FA-BCD9-517299710BAD@microsoft.com...
> Thanks - I connected to Update via broadband (this is someone else's PC!)
and
> ran update - it failed to load the drivers it downloaded so I started
again -
> took the modem out & re-installed it - XP then found it & installed it
with
> no problem - must have been the fit in the PCI slot (but it found it
> before?!) - the joys of hardware!
>
> "jt3" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have two of these, on two different machines, one XP and the other
W98se.
> > The drivers loaded just fine in both cases, eventually. I found that,
in
> > XP, I had a problem installing the driver because the associated modem
> > software installed first, don't know why. But, when the modem driver
> > wouldn't install, I dis-installed the software, and then it seemed to do
> > just fine. Haven't tried reinstalling the software on the XP machine
yet,
> > but the modem makes connection with Windows Update just fine. Never had
any
> > problem with the W98 installation.
> >
> > ISP tried to tell me that the driver was too old, as an explanation for
what
> > later was obviously seen as their problem on the W98 machine.
(Generally
> > people will be more concerned about resolving the problem of facing the
> > complainant than dealing properly with the complaint.) In the process I
> > kept looking for any sign of a site with the driver available but never
> > succeeded in finding one, so I'm still using the ones that came with the
> > adapters.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Joe
> > "geedee" <geedee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FFD074D3-4BD0-4B50-BB47-214DC3412FFF@microsoft.com...
> > > I have a new 536ep modem which is recognised in Device Manager but the
> > > drivers willnot load either from the CD or the ones within XP (which
look
> > the
> > > same). Tried switching PCI slots etc but always back to the 'unable to
> > > install' when trying to load the drivers. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >