This is a WinModem , you are attaching it to a valid hardware port and
not disabling COM2 as you would with a hardware modem (Sister has a
5277 from hell and that fixed up her HSP , oh yeah only use the driver
on the Compaq site the retail drivers will not work) . Good luck , may
Carly Fiorini chip a tooth for every hour you waste installing that
junk



"Rod R." wrote in message news:SUTRb.45443$U%5.239282@attbi_s03...
Probably because he has an HSP56 MicroModem, the same as what I have.
Driver loads. Works great.

"nut cracker" wrote in message
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I feel the guys pain. I have tried to install the drivers for the conexant
HCF v90 PCI modem that compaq put in the presarios... and they are a bitch
to get working. I haven't actually been able to get them working yet.

LC


Driver loads, driver installs. Device manager likes it fine. When I
try for mor information, modem can not be found. I have done
everything but spit nickels while doing a strip-tease and that modem
can not be recognized. I tried all modem drivers on the model
5447-Win98SE page. I tried installing the modem driver before the (new
sound card) driver. I tried uninstalling all drivers and rebooting. I
talked to 4 tech.s in the local area and was told that none of them
have had any success with installing all drivers after a fdisk, format
and clean install of the OS. I was also told that as soon as a
non-original piece of equipment or card was installed, driver problems
could not be resolved. Numerous conversations with Compaq personnel
have garnered the information that the modem is a HFC v90, a standard
56k data modem, a HSP 56 Micro-Modem and a couple of other types with
vague descriptions. The local representatives for Compaq have told me
that there is no such thing as a model 5447 and that if I can find a
legitimate model number, they will be delighted to obtain the set of
CDs for complete restoration for the princely sum of $50. Cdn. A
Compaq rep. on the telephone told me that she could send me a set of
recovery disks to restore the computer to factory specs for $15. Cdn.
but that I had to provide a valid credit card.

Numerous repetitions of the above steps in varying order over the last
7 days has not improved my disposition toward brand name computers,
nor has it elicited the results hoped for. the computer is still a
glorified type-writer without access to the internet!

I am anxious to entertain any other suggestions that may move this
project forward., particularly since it is a freeby for a young lady
who could not afford to fix it otherwise.