John Aldrich wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > The saga continues
> > In my effort to eliminate to illuminate ........
> > I took out the scsi drives and controller
> > and placed a brabd new WD 4.3Gb as /dev/hda
> > Fresh re-install of RH 6.1 gives same results, modem not found
> > Fresh install of Caldera Open Linux freezes up, every time when trying to
> > load the kernel
> > First time I have had this, but someone may know what this means
> > I have nothing in there now except M/B, memory, vid card and hardrive
> > Guess what guys, I am writing this while installing win 95 on this
> > troublesome machine, just to find out how
> > MS handles this problem, well Win 95 cannot find modems at all. Basic setup,
> > only vid card and hard drive, modem and mouse (Com2 and Com 1) Modem works
> > in another machine, Guess m/b is at fault???????
> > If anyone has any crazy suggestions please let me know
> > Phil
> >
> I would say you've diagnosed the problem, all right! I'd
> take the motherboard back to where you got it and tell 'em
> it's DOA!
> John
Ummm, second John's opinion Never knew Windows was so tolerant of sloppy
hardware
And the fact that you know someone with the same board sans your problems wraps
it up.
They may have had the modem chipset on board as a multi-piece option and simply
misassembled or had one of the modem-type chipsets still in the hopper when they
changed the line to non-modem. Stranger things have happened, like the folks who
loaded up worthless pieces of plastic in the cache hoppers "So their production
line would continue at the same speed". Surprised that it is ASUS, but if
quality control were perfect, it would be too expensive.
Civileme
