Modem shuts down dial tone automatically within seconds

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"" wrote:
> I recently reinstalled the memory chips to my nieces pc with
> has Windows
> Home XP as the operating system. She had taken a year ago to
> her
> boyfriends and they ran a network together while browsing the
> internet.
>
> The operating system came up fine but I have been unable to
> get the
> US Robotics Modem to work even though Windows says it is
> working fine.
>
> When I hook the phone line through the modem I can hear a dial
> tone
> for
> 10 or 20 seconds and then the line comes open with a
> disconnect or
> beeping
> (phone off line signal).
>
> I am unable to set up a manual dial up connection though the
> wizard as
> it
> keeps asking for a broadband setup.
>
> Is it possible there is a network card installed that has a
> configuration setting
> that is confilicting with the old dial up modem ?. This
> modem works
> fine in another older machine I have with windows 98 on
> it.....
>
> Does windows xp automatically dial up the modem after boot up
> trying to
> find
> the provider. I need to reinstall the provider software
> (Earthlink)
> but continue to get the message (unknown dialing
> error)....etc.....
>
> Modemized in Texas
>
>
> --
> rsmith4000

Are you saying that the modem never tries to dial? If so you have to
look for the option "Wait for dial tone" and uncheck it, i dont
remerb exacly where it is, but i belive thats what you are looking
for.

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