Strange Modem Problem

[Jimmi_Bones]

Recently my modem starting transfering really slow...I still connect at 45.2ish but only transfer at 2.5k/s to 3k/s compared to my always 5+k/s.

I have an hp pavilion 7855 that i upgraded to win xp pro and it was one of the hp models that the lucent win modem wouldnt work after upgrading until a new driver was downloaded and after doing that over a year ago ive had no problems with my modem. I always had a good dial-up connection (well good for dial-up) sometimes transfering at a steady 6k/s

If anyone has any ideas or has ran across this problem before please let me know, thanks.

[Tumbleweed36]

Originally Posted by Jimmi_Bones

Recently my modem starting transfering really slow...I still connect at 45.2ish but only transfer at 2.5k/s to 3k/s compared to my always 5+k/s.

I have an hp pavilion 7855 that i upgraded to win xp pro and it was one of the hp models that the lucent win modem wouldnt work after upgrading until a new driver was downloaded and after doing that over a year ago ive had no problems with my modem. I always had a good dial-up connection (well good for dial-up) sometimes transfering at a steady 6k/s

If anyone has any ideas or has ran across this problem before please let me know, thanks.

Hello There,

Give this a try and see if the problem gets resolved:


1) Download the newest and latest drivers from the modem manufacturer’s website. (I know, you have a disk, but download the newest and best anyhow.

2) Enter Start, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager and DELETE any references to any modem.

3) Shut down and physically remove the modem and then put the modem back in PCI slot #3 (Third slot down from the AGP slot)

4) Boot up and enter the BIOS setup menu.

5) In the BIOS setup menu find the PnP area. If you are running WinXP, then DISABLE Pnp….however, if you are using Win98, then make sure it is ENABLED.

6) Save and Exit

7) Boot back up and when the computer finds your modem, then load the drivers that have been downloaded from the manufacturer’s website. It may tell you that the latest and best are already installed, but install them anyway. (for example, WinXP only has v.90 drivers and not the most recent v.92 that are needed for best operation) If it says they are not digitally signed, then load them anyway. This is a long story, but I can assure you it is a money issue and a rip off from Microsoft in my opinion.

This should get you going!

[Jimmi_Bones]

thanks i will try this...any idea why it would just do this all of a sudden? and why it would connect at the same speed but transfer so slow?

[Bartender]

Hey, can I jump in here? I'm having some weird modem problems and was just in the BIOS yesterday after flashing it to ASUS's latest for the P5GDC-V Deluxe. The PCI PnP setting was "NO", which I thought was weird so I reset it to "YES". You say set it to "NO" for XP... what about W2K?

[ebackhus]

As XP and 2K are both based off of NT (acronyms everywhere!) you can expect more or less the same functionality from both systems. Disabling it won't affect 2K.