Weird Modem Issue?

.Smokin.Guns. · 03-15-2007, 05:02 AM

Hello...thanks for taking the time to help

My problem is that whenever i try to listen to music while connected to the internet (dial up), it disconnects or laggs very hard. IE: i turn on media player while it is connected, open IE and the "Send" monitor in the task bar will blink a few times and then catch and will load. But it keeps doing this through-out the course of me trying to do anything with the internet until i turn the music off. Same problem with chatrooms, when i try to voice chat with friends it will work on and off, and then a major lagg will hit. The modem is a SupraMax V92 PCI...soundcard is a Soundblaster Live 24 bit pci. Here is what i have done...

1. Changed com-port on modem
2. Tried "do not map through this device" option in device manager on both soundcard and modem
3. Changed PCI slots for soundcard to get a different IRQ because they were both on 17...now soundcard is on 18 and modem on 17.
4. There are NO CONFLICTS
5. uninstalled and reinstalled modem drivers and soundcard drivers.
6. Made sure that the default system sound was set to soundblaster live

it does this from CD's i try to play, anything that has to do with sound.

.Smokin.Guns. · 03-15-2007, 05:16 PM

Anyone? lol

**Chode** · 03-15-2007, 10:25 PM

Not primarily a modem issue, but a bandwidth issue. You just can't move much data over a dialup connection. Good performance for things like streaming audio, video, chat, etc. really requires broadband.

Also, your modem actually isn't a modem. It is a winmodem. That means that the processing functions that a "real" modem would perform with a controller chip and hardware are implemented in software. Sometimes the overhead in terms of CPU usage and memory can be fairly high, so that can be another potential performance bottleneck. Depending on your system's level of performance, it might not keep up with your demands regardless of your connection type.

**JamesO** · 03-16-2007, 08:23 PM

To clairfy, if you try to stream music over a dial up connection, you will get nowhere with the music and/or have awful Internet performance.

If if happens when you are playing a CD, then your problem is probably one or more of the following.

1. CPU is to slow/maxed out. What CPU does your machine have?
2. Too many running Processes on the machine, more that about 45-50 will really slow any machine down to some extent. The slower the machine, the more the running Processes will impact its performance. How many running Processes are active on the machine?
3. Not enough RAM in the machine. Most machines (up until Visat) need a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. How much RAM is in the machine?

Given you are still on dial up, I assume you have machine that is not up to the tasks that you are asking of it??

JamesO

03-15-2007, 05:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
.Smokin.Guns. Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Weird Modem Issue? Hello...thanks for taking the time to help My problem is that whenever i try to listen to music while connected to the internet (dial up), it disconnects or laggs very hard. IE: i turn on media player while it is connected, open IE and the "Send" monitor in the task bar will blink a few times and then catch and will load. But it keeps doing this through-out the course of me trying to do anything with the internet until i turn the music off. Same problem with chatrooms, when i try to voice chat with friends it will work on and off, and then a major lagg will hit. The modem is a SupraMax V92 PCI...soundcard is a Soundblaster Live 24 bit pci. Here is what i have done... 1. Changed com-port on modem 2. Tried "do not map through this device" option in device manager on both soundcard and modem 3. Changed PCI slots for soundcard to get a different IRQ because they were both on 17...now soundcard is on 18 and modem on 17. 4. There are NO CONFLICTS 5. uninstalled and reinstalled modem drivers and soundcard drivers. 6. Made sure that the default system sound was set to soundblaster live it does this from CD's i try to play, anything that has to do with sound.

03-15-2007, 05:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
.Smokin.Guns. Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Re: Weird Modem Issue? Anyone? lol

03-15-2007, 10:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chode TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,280 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Weird Modem Issue? Not primarily a modem issue, but a bandwidth issue. You just can't move much data over a dialup connection. Good performance for things like streaming audio, video, chat, etc. really requires broadband. Also, your modem actually isn't a modem. It is a winmodem. That means that the processing functions that a "real" modem would perform with a controller chip and hardware are implemented in software. Sometimes the overhead in terms of CPU usage and memory can be fairly high, so that can be another potential performance bottleneck. Depending on your system's level of performance, it might not keep up with your demands regardless of your connection type. __________________ Sweet!

03-16-2007, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
JamesO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA USA Posts: 2,289 OS: 98SE, W2k Pro, XP Pro	Re: Weird Modem Issue? To clairfy, if you try to stream music over a dial up connection, you will get nowhere with the music and/or have awful Internet performance. If if happens when you are playing a CD, then your problem is probably one or more of the following. 1. CPU is to slow/maxed out. What CPU does your machine have? 2. Too many running Processes on the machine, more that about 45-50 will really slow any machine down to some extent. The slower the machine, the more the running Processes will impact its performance. How many running Processes are active on the machine? 3. Not enough RAM in the machine. Most machines (up until Visat) need a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. How much RAM is in the machine? Given you are still on dial up, I assume you have machine that is not up to the tasks that you are asking of it?? JamesO