I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call Notification
program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.

Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem uses
CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is nowhere
nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.

I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected the
USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great but
USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.

The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their web
site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.

I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and have
removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
driver no help.

I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.

I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no help.

Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
modems?

Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64 +3500,
Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my good
external modem.

There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my external
modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be able
to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with ext
always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.

Thanks

USB to Serial adaptors don't always work perfectly. The best solution is
probably to add an inexpensive serial port card. See this one for example
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104258
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"wouldbee" <wouldbee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C62EE1AF-AF62-47DA-8A25-E1B6347BA430@microsoft.com...
>I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
> external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call Notification
> program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.
>
> Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem uses
> CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is nowhere
> nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.
>
> I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected the
> USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great but
> USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.
>
> The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their web
> site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.
>
> I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and have
> removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
> driver no help.
>
> I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.
>
> I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
> drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no
> help.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
> modems?
>
> Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64
> +3500,
> Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my
> good
> external modem.
>
> There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my external
> modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be
> able
> to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with ext
> always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Thanks,i had not considered that option. I have thought about trying to
obtain the non_OEM version of the motherboard w/serial port plus a couple of
other ports,then switching the BIOS chip, but I am not sure if I could still
use the OEM windows XP. That's what I am planning on later, in the mean time
i just need the modem.

The PCI Serial Adapter maybe the easist way to go. I will wait to see if
anyone else has any suggestions.

Thanks again!!



"GTS" wrote:

> USB to Serial adaptors don't always work perfectly. The best solution is
> probably to add an inexpensive serial port card. See this one for example
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104258
> --
>
> "wouldbee" <wouldbee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C62EE1AF-AF62-47DA-8A25-E1B6347BA430@microsoft.com...
> >I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
> > external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call Notification
> > program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.
> >
> > Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem uses
> > CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is nowhere
> > nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.
> >
> > I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected the
> > USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great but
> > USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.
> >
> > The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their web
> > site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.
> >
> > I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and have
> > removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
> > driver no help.
> >
> > I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.
> >
> > I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
> > drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no
> > help.
> >
> > Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
> > modems?
> >
> > Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64
> > +3500,
> > Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my
> > good
> > external modem.
> >
> > There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my external
> > modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be
> > able
> > to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with ext
> > always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>
>

You're welcome.
--

"wouldbee" <wouldbee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C27D7E22-D1D8-4628-BED6-A79D696C909D@microsoft.com...
> Thanks,i had not considered that option. I have thought about trying to
> obtain the non_OEM version of the motherboard w/serial port plus a couple
> of
> other ports,then switching the BIOS chip, but I am not sure if I could
> still
> use the OEM windows XP. That's what I am planning on later, in the mean
> time
> i just need the modem.
>
> The PCI Serial Adapter maybe the easist way to go. I will wait to see if
> anyone else has any suggestions.
>
> Thanks again!!
>
>
>
> "GTS" wrote:
>
>> USB to Serial adaptors don't always work perfectly. The best solution is
>> probably to add an inexpensive serial port card. See this one for
>> example
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104258
>> --
>>
>> "wouldbee" <wouldbee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C62EE1AF-AF62-47DA-8A25-E1B6347BA430@microsoft.com...
>> >I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
>> > external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call
>> > Notification
>> > program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.
>> >
>> > Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem
>> > uses
>> > CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is
>> > nowhere
>> > nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.
>> >
>> > I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected
>> > the
>> > USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great
>> > but
>> > USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.
>> >
>> > The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their
>> > web
>> > site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.
>> >
>> > I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and
>> > have
>> > removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
>> > driver no help.
>> >
>> > I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.
>> >
>> > I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
>> > drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no
>> > help.
>> >
>> > Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
>> > modems?
>> >
>> > Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64
>> > +3500,
>> > Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my
>> > good
>> > external modem.
>> >
>> > There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my
>> > external
>> > modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be
>> > able
>> > to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with
>> > ext
>> > always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>