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Hello,
I physically installed an ADSL modem in the PC, then on starting up, Windows detected the new h/w but couldn't find a driver. I restarted the PC, but now Windows doesn't detect the uninstalled modem. How do I get it to do so - now that I've got access to download a driver via my modem/router?
When you said "I physically installed an ADSL modem in the PC" , do you mean a 56k modem or an actual adsl high speed modem that connects by eithernet cable or usb ?
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I don't have a CD. I took the modem out of another PC where it was pre-installed, so I've never had a CD for it. There's perhaps two problems - 1) getting the PC to recognise there's some connected hardware that still hasn't been installed, then 2) finding a driver on the internet.
Any advice as to point 1) would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Chris.
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What mountain instructed is correct, it obviously has to first get detected by the pc. If it will not then the card may be bad or the com port has an issue. Is it a pci card?
Reset the bios to default.
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(i know you don't have the software, but ......)
normally what i do to set my D-LINK ADSL modem up, is to have the pc off, physically connect everything to the modem EXCEPT the USB (pc to modem) Cable.
Boot up into Desktop, put my software CD in drive. It starts to load the software automatically.....near the beginning of doing that it THEN asks me to connect the USB cable. It finishes off loading the software and then asks me to reboot
voila, done !
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Rob, Central Coast
NSW Australia
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Thanks for all the responses. I think mountain is correct. I've previously had this problem with other hardware and it seems you do have to remove it from the slot, start the PC, stop the PC, the reinstall it in the slot. Then I think you get a second chance and Windows recognises new, uninstalled, hardware. I'll try it.
Thanks,
Chris.
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Right click on my computer and select properties.
Click on the hardware tab of the resulting windows.
click on Device Manager.
Check if your modem or an unknown device is higlighted in the list of devices with a yellow exclamation mark.
If it is then select it and then right click and select properties.
Click on the driver tab and select update driver and point it to your driver software.
The above is assuming you have still got the card in the PC and not removed.
It also assumes that on your first failed attempt windows identified the hardware but left it undefined as it did have a driver for it. Hence the yellow exclamation mark.Hope it helps.
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Chris, you'll still need the software for the modem. What brand/model did you install?
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