Modem

[Badbry]

Hello,
I Was Wondering If It Makes Any Difference What ISA Slot I Put My Modem Into?Does It Make Any Difference Connection Wise?Also I Have My Modem Set At Com 4.Is This Ok?

Thanks In Advance,
Bryan

[codybear]

no it doesnt make a difference and if it works on 4 then you're fine.......


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Tom

[This message has been edited by codybear (edited 11-27-1999).]

[dexmax]

No it won't cause any lag of some sort. The only question is compatability and Pnp. Old ISA modems are Legacy devices, not pnp compatible. So you have to reserve resources for it, or else - it won't run at all. Old legacy modem are hard to configure, since in most cases, especially in old computers, the COM 4 conflicts w/ your COM2 resources, and your COM3 w/ your COM1. Of course it seldomely happens w/ modern PC's.

But new ISA modems has no problems what so ever. It is just a question of how many slots are vacant in your PC. Old socket7 mobos have 3 to 4 PCI slots. If you have a video+accelerator+PCI sound+PCI ethernet adapt., there would be no PCI slots left for your modem. So you would need an ISA modem.

Since modems requires the least speed requirments--of all other peripherals, an ISA slot is sufficient for its needs.

Hope it helps...

[KillerBug]

Just don't put it in a shared slot (like ISA and PCI in the same place). If you get a ton of PCI cards and you need it, it is easier to have it already open.