inkleput{at}isp.com wrote:
> I've had an Intel combo NIC/Modem PCCard on my old ThinkPad for about a
> year and turned the TP on 2 or 3 times a month during that time.
> 
> Recently I found my network failed.  More recently the modem quit, then
> started running oddly.
> 
> Oddly?  It connects to my ISP at the usual speed.  After that it is
> sending constant short TXs and getting rare spikes of RXs.  Mozilla
> gives me time out messages on all URLs.
> 
> Hardware?  Time to find another setup?  I'm thinking of moving from the
> 770E to a T30.  That would have much more speed, integrated comm, less
> weight, etc., and still not necessarily cost an arm and a leg.  (I don't
> spend anything on arms and legs nowadays. ;-) )
> 
> (Now, everywhere I ask about this I get people telling me to upgrade
> even further, in spite of the fact that this is merely a backup machine
> for when my desktop goes down.  Suggestions?)
> 
> Jim L, via eCS 1.15 version of OS/2

Hi Jim,

   Doesn't the 770E have a built in modem ?? A lucent chipset with OS/2 
support. It won't run faster than 33.6Kb/s but since this is only your 
backup system, does that really matter ?

   Those combined modem / ethernet PCMCIA cards were always difficult to 
get working. It may be that you have installed some software that now 
conflicts (IRQ ??) or you've changed some CMOS setting without 
realising. I would suspect this rather than a hardware problem.

  My suggestion is still to switch to the onboard modem and disable the 
modem part of the PCMCIA card first of all. I suspect this will fix your 
issues.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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