Is this possible?

If its a software modem, yes, it could cause problems under high loads.
Windows has to do a large proportion of the work for a HSP/HSF modem, around
40% of the "driver" being a replacement for hardware parts ('cos it's
cheaper.) Also, for the other stuttering, have you got the highest ATA rate
set? Are your IDE cables ATA100/133 capable? Also I know with the PCChips
mobo's, they perform so much better (under 2000 & XP) if the PC power
control is set to ACPI in the bios.


"I think, therefore I'm right."


"Bobby" wrote in message
...
A few weeks ago my modem began to misbehave.

It continually disconnected from the Internet. Sometimes it connected for
a
few seconds, sometimes it connected for an hour. But then it went dead and
(eventually) disconnected.

I have two telephone lines and two ISP accounts and bought a new modem so
I've tried every possible permutation of modem, ISP and telephone line -
and
nothing works.

I'm about to get broadband so I've ignored the problem. I just keep
connecting when it disconnects.

But I've recently spotted a trend. The line tends to go dead when there's
a
lot of CPU/HD activity - such as loading another program. I've also
noticed
that music playback is affected when I do a few things at the on time on
my
PC (it stutters or repeats for a few seconds).

My PC is reasonably up-to-date... Athlon 2000+, 512 Mb, 60Gb HD, GF5200
video so it's not like I'm using an ancient PC.

Could CPU/HD activity affect my modem? Could there be something wrong with
my motherboard? My PC otherwise works fine - and it's speed is OK too (I'm
about to play Vice City which runs fine).

I'm really at a loss with this problem. Help appreciated. Cheers.

Bobby

It's a hardware modem.

"Negative Penguin" wrote in message
...
If its a software modem, yes, it could cause problems under high loads.
Windows has to do a large proportion of the work for a HSP/HSF modem,
around
40% of the "driver" being a replacement for hardware parts ('cos it's
cheaper.) Also, for the other stuttering, have you got the highest ATA
rate
set? Are your IDE cables ATA100/133 capable? Also I know with the PCChips
mobo's, they perform so much better (under 2000 & XP) if the PC power
control is set to ACPI in the bios.


"I think, therefore I'm right."


"Bobby" wrote in message
...
A few weeks ago my modem began to misbehave.

It continually disconnected from the Internet. Sometimes it connected
for
a
few seconds, sometimes it connected for an hour. But then it went dead
and
(eventually) disconnected.

I have two telephone lines and two ISP accounts and bought a new modem
so
I've tried every possible permutation of modem, ISP and telephone line -
and
nothing works.

I'm about to get broadband so I've ignored the problem. I just keep
connecting when it disconnects.

But I've recently spotted a trend. The line tends to go dead when
there's
a
lot of CPU/HD activity - such as loading another program. I've also
noticed
that music playback is affected when I do a few things at the on time on
my
PC (it stutters or repeats for a few seconds).

My PC is reasonably up-to-date... Athlon 2000+, 512 Mb, 60Gb HD, GF5200
video so it's not like I'm using an ancient PC.

Could CPU/HD activity affect my modem? Could there be something wrong
with
my motherboard? My PC otherwise works fine - and it's speed is OK too
(I'm
about to play Vice City which runs fine).

I'm really at a loss with this problem. Help appreciated. Cheers.

Bobby

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
It's a hardware modem.

What brand etc.?

If it has DMA check its resources, make sure it isnt conflicting with any
other IRQ's or Bus Addresses



"Bobby" wrote in message
...
A few weeks ago my modem began to misbehave.

It continually disconnected from the Internet. Sometimes it connected for
a
few seconds, sometimes it connected for an hour. But then it went dead and
(eventually) disconnected.

I have two telephone lines and two ISP accounts and bought a new modem so
I've tried every possible permutation of modem, ISP and telephone line -
and
nothing works.

I'm about to get broadband so I've ignored the problem. I just keep
connecting when it disconnects.

But I've recently spotted a trend. The line tends to go dead when there's
a
lot of CPU/HD activity - such as loading another program. I've also
noticed
that music playback is affected when I do a few things at the on time on
my
PC (it stutters or repeats for a few seconds).

My PC is reasonably up-to-date... Athlon 2000+, 512 Mb, 60Gb HD, GF5200
video so it's not like I'm using an ancient PC.

Could CPU/HD activity affect my modem? Could there be something wrong with
my motherboard? My PC otherwise works fine - and it's speed is OK too (I'm
about to play Vice City which runs fine).

I'm really at a loss with this problem. Help appreciated. Cheers.

Bobby