I have come across an old(ish) Compaq 1650 that I would like to upgrade to
Win2000. But there's a catch: the modem won't work. I have done a little
(well, quite a lot) of research into this issue, and what I have found is
NOT encouraging.
Both compaq and microsoft Knowledge base tell me it Can't Be Done. Or
rather, get a new modem or go back to Win98 (*Gasp*). a google groups
search also yielded very little helpful info.
Currently I have set up this laptop as a dual boot (98, 2k) until I can
get the modem issue fixed. (modem works just fine under win98)
The gory details:
compaq presario 1650
compaq presario 56k-df modem (or lucent winmodem, or LT winmodem......
depending on which drivers I try next)
96 meg ram
Device manager typically lists the following message under the modem:
"The device is disabled because the firmware of the device did not give
it the reqired resourses. (Code 29)"
MS KB227469 Says bios does not accurately report modem properties to win2k.
If possible I would like to know if there is ANY way to get THIS modem
working under win2k.
If not, is there any way of removing win2k from the dual boot short of
reformatting. If i have to revert, then win2k is just taking up disk
space)
I would also like a better understanding of the problem.....
