Modem Disconnect

[miko21]

Hello
I have a PII266 on an Intel LX MB 32 megs of ram and an S3 chip video card (4megs).
I have a motorola SM56 modem and when I am online and I open up Ms Flightsimulator 98 I get Disconnected from my internet connection. The modem is Internal PCI the video card is AGP and I have an SB16 sound card. I suspect that the modem (now plugged in no 4 PCI slot!!!) is conflicting with the AGP card, not sure!
And it is also sharing IRQ9 with "IRQ Holder for PCI Steering"!!! Does that mean anything. I am getting disconnected alot, and it is not my ISP cos I just changed it!

Thanks in advance for the help!

[This message has been edited by miko21 (edited 07-31-99).]

[smunzli]

are you trying to play games on the internet, and do you have a win modem?

win modems don't work well with internet gaming especially graphicly intense games.

[This message has been edited by smunzli (edited 07-31-99).]

[Comtech]

Some mobos share the last PCI slot with the AGP slot. Move the modem to another slot, and leave the last one empty if you can.
The recommendation to get a different modem is a valid one. If you love playing online games, get a "hard" modem, and stay away from winmodems. Check for lots of modem info at www.56k.com (http://www.56k.com)

[miko21]

Thanks for the advice fellas, I fiddled with the modem and moved it from PCI nos 2 to 3 and 4 now up to 1. Now the problem is that b4 I could get online I get disconnected when I open the program! A friend of mine has an internal modem (dont know if it is winmodem, I guess it is if it is internal!) and it is working great.
Still fiddling, and waiting for suggetions, if any!
Thanks.