Well, all the software is in, but for reasons unknown, neither the US ROBOTICS software nor the Win98se software can detect my US Robotics V92 Performance Pro Modem.

The modem is the same one that was in there before the disk drive hit the dirt, and I am having a bird trying to figure out what happened where and why. I followed the troubleshooting guide book that came with the modem, and also the troubleshooting guide in the "read me" files software. The "My Computer" selection does not operate the way they have it listed, and I haven't been able to find any IRQ conflicts in the System Files. Win98se does not have a driver for the new V92 format, and loading a V90 format (Which would have operated the modem.) did not help at all. I remember the sequence dance I had to do when I installed my Zoom V92 modem in my secondary computer which required loading the software first and then installing the modem, but even that did not work for my US Robotics modem installation.

I don't believe it is a result of the dual installation as I loaded Win98se and all its related software first, and the modem was not detected. I then loaded Suse Linux hoping it would find the modem, and it did not. Something ain't happening in that electronic mass (mess?).

Funny thing is I disconnected my small 3 Gig hard drive while formatting the new 120 Gig into two 60 Gig virtual drives, and when I reattached the 3 Gig unit prior to loading software it came up as drive "D" with 60 Gig as drive "C" and 60 Gig as drive "E". When I started to reload Win98se, it wanted to default load on drive "D", the 3 Gig drive. I specified drive "C" for Win98se as well as all its programs, and I let Suse Linux use its own default settings.

I'm going to have to call US Robotics and see what, if anything I have missed. In the meantime, if anyone on board has any helpful ideas, I would appreciate the input.

Until I get the primary computer up and running right, I am going to have to stay away from chat rooms except for resolution of my computer problems, so please forgive me if I do not answer PM's or posts which are unrelated to fixing the computer.

Thanks a bunch!

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