modem problems

[bryan]

I recently installed an external USB modem on my XP Pro
computer. The motherboard has a built in ethercard and
the ethercard keeps overriding the modem and I cannot
access the modem because of error 633.

I've worked around the error 633 by uninstalling the
drivers for the ethercard and installing the modem
drivers afterward. This works fine until I reboot and the
plugandplay reinstalls the ethercard and I'm back to the
error 633.

I've tried to disable the card through the device
manager, through the BIOS and through
admintools|servises|plugandplay, but none of these work.

Are there any other options or anything I'm missing?

 

[Unknown]

Start--connect to--disable all connections.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Why don't you connect your modem to your ethernet card?
Your modem probably came with a Cat5 ethernet cable.

 

[MGGP]

I assume (which I hate to do) that you're trying to access
the internet with the modem. If so, you probably have a
dial-up connection configured. Try going to Control
Panel, Internet Options, Connection and toggling "Always
Dial My Default Connection". Change it back to what it is
now when you want to use the ethernet card to connect to
the internet.

Good Luck !

 

[t.cruise]

If you mean that you have a modem dialup to your ISP, and the network
adapter card, or
onboard network adapter seems to interfere, and you want to disable the
network adapter because it's causing problems with your modem, and you're
not networking PCs and don't use DSL or cable modem for internet connection:

Right click your My Computer desktop icon, left click Properties, click the
Hardware tab, click the Device Manager button. When the Device Manager
opens scroll down to Network Adapters, click the + to the left of Network
Adapters, and the listing for your specific network adapter will list
beneath. Click your network adaptor once to highlight it, then right click
it, then left click: DISABLE. Then close Device Manager and reboot your
system. Thereafter the drivers for that network adapter will not load.
Should you decide in the future to connect to the internet using a DSL or a
Cable Modem ISP, or want to network PCs, go back to the same listing, right
click it, then left click ENABLE.

Your mistake was uninstalling the drivers. Upon boot Windows XP looks for
new hardware, finds the network adapter and installs the drivers for it.
DISABLING the network adapter is telling Windows XP NOT to load the drivers
for it.

If the above doesn't fix the problem, go to your System Setup (BIOS),
usually accessed by pressing a key that's noted on the screen on boot, but
before the Windows XP logo, and disable the onboard network adapter
(ethercard), and Save Changes before exiting the System Setup.
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