re modem windows problems in article apr magnus acs ohio state edu nstassen magnus acs ohio state edu nicki a stassen lantz writes what a weekend i replaced my motherboard upgraded to dos ms windows and now experience lockups in any windows application using the modem dx dxl cpu amd ami bios i o card with serial parallel and game ports generic cheapo ide controller two hd two fd internal packard bell modem mouse the mouse is set to com irq via jumper on the i o board and parms on the mouse driver the modem is set to com irq jumpers on modem board in addition i think i have disabled the second serial port on the i o card since it is unused mouse works fine here s the deal procomm dos version works fine through the modem procomm for windows cim compuserve for windows and terminal all lockup when i try to do anything with the modem the screen just freezes no sound comes from the modem nor any messages on the screen i m getting real frustrated could the second port on the i o card still be enabled would this cause a problem i ve been through most of the software routes so i m beggining to believe that maybe this is a hardware problem anybody been through a similar experience anybody have any ideas i could try please thanks in advance n a stassen lantz i ran into the same problem when i upgraded from a modem to a modem any time i give the modem a reset command atz while in windows the computer locks up if i give the atz command in dos it will work my solution was to not give the modem the atz command thru windows in the procomm install process i told the program i have a hayes compatible modem atz was not included in the initialization string it works fine i called ms about this they didn t have a clue as to what the memory interupt conflict could be the lockup accures using any windows comm program that gives the atz command
