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Q. I have P III 500MHz, 128 MB RAM Azza motherboard, Motorola SM56 internal modem. My problem is that my connection always terminates at the beginning
giving random messages. Even if the connection is done, I am not able to open any site due to slow Internet connection. I have a Glide connection. Can there be any
problem in my telephone connection. Secondly, whenever I boot my system, a message appears, "CMOS checksum error defaults loaded to continue. Press F1." Upon pressing F1, the system works okay but the floppy drive is disabled. I have to open the BIOS and enable the floppy drive every time I boot the system now.
— Akshay, Patiala
A. Regarding your first problem, there could be many reasons responsible for the slow and unstable Internet connection. First of all, you must make sure that there are no cuts and joints in your telephone line. Also make sure that you are not using the too many extensions on this line and there should also be no noise in the telephone line. After checking these points you can be reasonably sure that your telephone line is correct and the problem lies somewhere in your computer or modem. However, if the above-mentioned conditions are not fulfilled, then possibly the problem in your Internet connection was due to these factors. In case, you are satisfied with the telephone line condition, then I would suggest you to reconfigure and reinstall your modem after uninstalling it. Thus, simply uninstall the modem from the device manager and restart your system. On restarting Windows will automatically detect the modem and will either install the driver or will ask for the driver files. After installing the modem, configure your modem properly that is, use the highest .com port speed and set the modem to receive and make calls. After the installation is complete restart your computer and on restarting your problem would be solved. Also, you must check the modem physically so as to make sure that it is not lose and is set properly in the slot.
Regarding your next problem, there could be many reasons responsible for it. The first and the most common reason for this kind of problem is that the CMOS battery has become week and need to be replaced. However before you replace the battery you must load the setup defaults in BOIS feature set up to make sure that the problem is due to the weak battery only. If loading default setup in the BIOS feature set up does not solve your problem, then you can try replacing the CMOS battery. I hope this will solve your problem. The other, though not very common reasons for this problem are impact of any virus on CMOS settings or any problem in your motherboard. But these problems are not very common and in most of the cases changing the CMOS battery solve the problem.
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LOOK OUT!!! THESE GUYS ARE WRONG!!! I have the same boot problem on my PC several times, the first crapped C: and need to format it. Second time, I've learned the lesson and hired a service support. They said that never see something like that before and explained to me the causes: or battery or virus. Then, they changed the battery and charged like 20 US dollars. Now, this guy has the same problem. What do we have in common?
MOTOROLA SM56 INTERNAL MODEM!!! THAT'S IT!!! IS THE CAUSE OF ALL MY PROBLEMS!!! Disconnection, connection at the lowest bitrates, boot problem, AND THE LOST OF MY HARD DRIVE!!! THE HARD DRIVE OF THAT GUY IS IN DANGER!!! Now that I have the info, I'll throw my modem to GARBAGE and SET IT ON FIRE!!!
A fast fix on his first problem (due to a incapacity of Motorola Modem to handle big rates) is introducing these parameters:
+ms=v34
but I recommend... just burn it!
And I want to know if somebody here had or has the same problem.
