sorry i don't have my K7M manual here, but i seem to recall bios options
involving the com
ports. i thought there was one for COM2 or some such that you had to
fiddle with if you had
an internal modem (to avoid a conflict).
At 06:45 PM 12/23/1999 +0000, Phil Risby wrote:
>Hi guys
>Well I've been three weeks on this so far and not much neqarer getting
>this working
>Below is the copy of a letter to Asus which expalins my problem
>If someone out there has had this problem and found the solution please
>, please let me know
>Thanks
>Phil
>
>Fwd......................
>Dear Sirs
>
>I have been searching through your web site options for help to save
>your time in writing a reply
>So far the Archives on your web site respond with the 404 error and the
>technical reference section showed
>no answers.
>
>I have been back to the supplier who were less than helpful (see below)
>
>Setup
>K7M with on board sound and no oboard modem.
>Athalon 500
>128Mb RAM ( purchased with the board)
>Matrox Millenium ll
>Buslogic BT950 and IBM 18Gb scsi drives ( 4)
>All other cards removed
>OS Linux RedHat 6.1 ( supplier told me to install windows 98, I have not
>
>used MS Windows for 5 years, only running Linux on my network, this was
>less than helpful)
>
>Problem
>Modem, ISA 56k int. as previously used, works in all the other machines,
>
>have swapped out .
>I have found that I cannot get any modem to work. It isnt found by any
>of the dialup scripts
>Further, when NO modem card is installed, all the different diallers
>(ezppp, kppp etc) detect a modem though not functional.
>I assume that when I plug in my modem card it conflicts with the non
>existent modem and so is not detected
>
>Summary to date,
>Linux detects a modem, queries it, and lists the modem strings even
>though
>No modem card installed and no modem should be on board.
>Any other (real) modem when installed is not found.
>
>In BIOS (version 1.17) the enable modem option is permanantly greyed out
>
>in the disabled mode.
>
>Notes
>This has been a motherboard cpu upgrade. All other components remain the
>
>same (old system was Ppro 200 on a Micronics Motherboard with all the
>above components)
>After initial upgrade, system came up fine, but running the modem froze
>the system
>I eventually ran a fresh install with all the non essential cards
>removed and the problem remained the same
>Only recently ( I have been two weeks on this thing) did I discover that
>
>removing the modem card did not stop RedHat finding a modem !!!!
>This is, I am sure, the heart of the problem and I presume that there is
>
>some modem circuitry not being disabled
>I have put this problem to several Linux user groups and found a
>gentleman in England who has the same setup as I do, with no problems at
>
>all!!!! ( he says this is a fine board )
>
>Comments
>Please do not advise me to install win98 , this is no solution for me
>:-)
>I have tried all the resources I could find before posting this quaetion
>
>to you
>All other aspecgts of this setup seem to work very well.
>I apologise for taking up your time
>
>
>Phil Risby
>Ponce
>Puerto Rico
>
>
