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Larry Guzik
Can anyone help me locate a AMR modem for a A7V motherboard. The issue is that the AMR slot is shared with a PCI slot in the case. This requires the AMR card specifically designed to fit.
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Paul
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You could try searching for "AMR" at pricewatch.com.
There is one Asus product listed on there, and there is a tiny
picture of the card on the pricewatch web page returned:
http://www.softwareandstuff.com/multimtbl.html#1944
The Asus AMR Modem is listed for %6.99, so you'll end up paying
more for shipping than for the product itself.
It isn't the hardware which is worth money, it is the drivers
and support that make a purchase worthwhile. So, don't buy any
"Winmodem" unless you have a copy of the driver for it in your
hand first. Many of the drivers are originally provided by
PCTel, with the end manufacturer's branding added to them.
Cards listed as OEM don't come with drivers, and that is why
you had better download the driver first, before wasting money on
hardware that you cannot get to work (and the card listed
above doesn't state whether it is OEM or not).
As far as performance goes, I tested a Winmodem against a
USR external modem at Christmas time, and I was surprised to
find that the Winmodem was able to perform at the same
level as the USR. I'd heard tales of the Winmodem connection
rate being negotiated down over time, due to a too optimistic
connect speed at first dialup. In FTP tests in fact, the
Winmodem managed to squeek out about 0.5 to 1% more transfer
speed. (Maybe under poor phone line conditions, the USR
might out perform the Winmodem - hard to say...)
If you search for "modem" at Newegg.com, you'll find Winmodems
starting at $7.50, and a USR internal PCI product lists for
$12.00. If the AMR card prevents you from using the PCI slot,
a PCI card version makes as much sense as the AMR card, especially
if you can find a driver for it.
HTH,
Paul