FSB56 Minimodem Installation & Configuration??? 1

[BobMCT]

I am trying to configure a new BookPC i810 system that has an integrated PCTel HSP56K minimodem (a chip). The BIOS needs to have an option set to enable the on-board audio/modem chip and when done W98se sees and attempts to configure this modem. However, it can not be seen by anything else. I have attempted this process a few dozen times with varying degress of alteration.

Has anyone successfully installed and configured one of these?

Ps: I downloaded and tried at least three different driver versions/packages for this type of modem.

 

[ray436]

When you say that W98 'sees' the modem but nothing else, do you mean programs like Outlook and Explorer, or DOS sessions and games?

That modem wont do you any good outside of Windows, its a software modem.

There should be a icon in the control panel that lets you set-up the modem. ( Not the one in device manager)

Ray

 

[BobMCT]

Ray;
Windows facilities only (i.e.: Dialup networking). However, when the modem icon in control panel is selected, this particular modem is selected and diagnostics clicked on normally diagnostics will issue AT type info commands to the modem. This is done but times out as "there is no response from the modem".

I've spent hours and hours on this and finally disabled this modem in the configuration and am using a USB modem which works just fine.

 

[ray436]

You are likely better off.....

I've also spent hours with these HSP motorola devices, and am not a fan. Depending on the chipset implemented ( cache, datapump, etc ) and what revision of flash code you have, there can be a never ending battle to get it to work.

Unfortunately, when the device is available for a few dollars on-board it gets soldered-in alot.

Ray

 

[tomw]

This may have already been looked at, but is this modem coming up with the same IRQ each time? If your BIOS is auto-detecting, and managing the IRQ pool, this may be causing problems.

Can you reserve, or manually set the IRQ that this modem is using now, then re-boot Windows. Test from Control panel first, if OK, then test DUN, etc (make sure they are referring to the correct instance of that modem too).

Also, the icon Ray was referring to (I think) is not the standard windows modem icon, but one actually labeled HSP.
I have installed these before and as he said, there was always an icon installed in control panel, which didnt do much, but did offer an IRQ selection box in some versions, as well as an option to completely un-install the HSP modem software.

If you have installed it multiple times, you may want to try that icon to see if you can completely, "officially" uninstall it, then re-install it (with a reserved IRQ if possible).

Hope this helps...
Tom Whitehead
twhitehead@commeq.com

 

[ray436]

Tom's right thats the icon i mean.

And he made a good point about the IRQ too.

Check to see if the modem is not playing nice with the other devices as far as sharing, I don't think it will share well using steering.


BTW if you do dump it altogether, and you ever figure out how to get rid of that %$#! HSP icon in control panel let me know! I guess its' a tatoo to remind you of your past.

 

[tomw]

Ray, The control panel applet (on the one's I've seen) is named "Ptctrl.cpl" and is located in Windows\System\ folder.

This is just the control panel extension though. Removing, or even renaming it will keeep it out of your control panel, but there are several registry keys that should be edited too.
Tom Whitehead
twhitehead@commeq.com

 

[ray436]

kool.....

thanks Tom, it's toast!

Will do a hunt for the registry entries and see if there is a sane way of extricating all of those. They should've had it uninstall when the rest uninstalled.

And if wishes were horses............

thanks again
Ray

 

[tomw]

Your welcome Ray...

A good "tool" to use as a guide in ferreting out all the "flotsam" from these types of modems is to look in Windows\inf\other and open the inf file for this modem. If yours is still there, it will reveal all the filenames, etc as well the registry keys to be modified and the contents to be placed there. You can use this as a guide to removing all the contents from C: as well as your registry. Afterwards, go ahead and use Regclean or similar tool to finish the clean up, which should then remove all the class ID's and other links that should no longer be operative after device & driver removal/uninstallation.

Happy Hunting!
Tom Whitehead
twhitehead@commeq.com

 

[ray436]

Thanks Tom,

I tried to go that route, alas the uninstaller took the inf file with it, but left the bits behind.

Your tip about checking the .inf file is excellent, I usually do a print of the .inf after any major hardware install on my own PC but the office machine I use/inherited is the one with the icon.

The "other" .inf folder is a super place to pilfer for identifying unknown hardware too, since the real maker and the driver people are usually identified at the top of the .inf file.

thanks

Ray