"Allyson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bobh23$mus$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I bought a MRI-PDSL01 during the summer. Easy to install and initially I
> had no problems. Don't know what I did - might have had something to do
> with renaming the desktop shortcut - but I started getting messages that
the
> device could not be found, reinstall modem etc.
>
> Very frustrating, tried reinstalling MANY MANY times to no avail and
> eventually I ended up reformatting the hard drive and a clean reinstall of
> Windows. Modem then reinstalled okay and no problems since - and I've
left
> the desktop shortcut alone.
>
> I use a 900Mhz Duron processor, 512Mb RAM. Apart from that one glitch,
I've
> had no other problems and I get good upload and dowload speeds.
>
> Allyson
>
>
> "Alan Law" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FBYpb.4563$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Can anyone please offer advice on a problem with MRI-IDSL02 ADSL PCI
modem
> > (GlobeSpanVirata device)?
> >
> > On about 50% of occasions when I boot up I get a message "DSL modem is
not
> > responding". Right clicking on the relevant icon in Windows Dial-Up
> > Networking gives the message "Dial-Up Networking cannot find the modem.
> > Install the modem or select a new modem before you dial".
> >
> > In other words, the PC is not recognising the device.
> >
> > On other occasions, when booting up, there is no such problem and the
> device
> > works perfectly with faultless connection. When the problem does appear,
> > rebooting / restarting the PC clears the problem, although one may have
to
> > try a couple of times.
> >
> > I have reinstalled the driver a number of times. Mri have sent a new
> driver,
> > but the new files fail to support the driver installation process-I have
> > told Mri about this. (Incidentally, I don't think much of the
> documentation.
> > It comes as a DOC file on CD-ROM, and all the graphics get mangled in
> > WordPad. And the documentation has no UK-specific advice.)
> >
> > In view of the inconsistent performance of this modem on my setup (3
year
> > old Duron based PC, with plenty of RAM), I feel inclined to try another
> > modem. But I would be grateful if anyone could offer help.
> >
> > Alan Law
> > --
> >
Belated thanks for the above response to my posting on 5 November 2003.
I tried various remedies. Mri supplied a patch for known difficulties using
MRI-IDSL02 PCI modem with my motherboard (Duron/Athlon - Socket A MATX
[M7VKA]). But this patch made no difference. Mri finally suggested that I
should try the modem in another PC to see if there might be a modem fault.
By that stage I concluded that it was going to be easier for me to purchase
a different modem and try my luck with it.
I therefore installed a quite different PCI modem, this one with a Conexant
chipset. Apart from two incidents in the first week it has been operating
without a problem.
From all of this I conclude that installing a PCI modem is a bit of a
lottery, and that what suits one PC may not suit another. However, I still
believe that a PCI modem is a better option than a USB modem. I now have a
spare modem, but it may be of service when my somewhat elderly PC is
replaced.
Alan Law
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