Com Port Setting Discrepancy?

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Elle

Under Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Ports: COM2 was set
at 9600 bits per second.

Under Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Modems: the modem
port is set to COM2, and the maximum port speed is set at 115,200.

Would this difference cause slow internet site loading?

Sorry if this is a "doh" question. My new computer set up has been painfully
slower than my old one (with only 128 Mbyte RAM), despite the new one having
four times the RAM (512 Mbyte RAM), for one thing. I just happened on this
"port setting" discrepancy and so increased the first setting above to
115,200. I think things are now faster when I'm online, but I am not sure if
I nailed the problem.

The slowness was particularly noticeable when building my web site using
Earthlink's site builder.

TIA for your community service.
 
"Elle" said:
Under Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Ports: COM2 was set
at 9600 bits per second.

Under Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager, Modems: the modem
port is set to COM2, and the maximum port speed is set at 115,200.

Would this difference cause slow internet site loading?

Sorry if this is a "doh" question. My new computer set up has been painfully
slower than my old one (with only 128 Mbyte RAM), despite the new one having
four times the RAM (512 Mbyte RAM), for one thing. I just happened on this
"port setting" discrepancy and so increased the first setting above to
115,200. I think things are now faster when I'm online, but I am not sure if
I nailed the problem.

The slowness was particularly noticeable when building my web site using
Earthlink's site builder.

TIA for your community service.
Click to expand...

In one of your other posts, you state you are using a USB
modem. The question is, whether that connection method
would be affected by a COM port setting.

You also stated that you downloaded a Java installer from java.com.
The installer is 16MB according to that site, and you say it took
45 minutes to download. 16*1024/(45*60) = 6KB/sec. Which is 48Kbits/sec
or roughly what I would expect of a 53Kbit max dialup connection.
(I think I used to get 46Kbits/sec or so.)

Data compression is one method, over and above the raw
download rate, that affects performance. If, somehow, data
compression was disabled in the AT commands used during dialup,
perhaps that would reduce your surfing performance. For your Java
download, the installer is probably already well compressed, and
no further compression would be possible. (There are even times,
where a compression method on a modem, can reduce efficiency. It's
been a while since I've used dialup, so I forget all the rules.)

http://www.v92.com/about/v44compression.html

Perhaps you could get a copy of http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
It has an option to do a "text dump", and in that text file
will be a listing of details about your system. If you post
portions of the contents of that file, maybe someone could
identify whether your system is set up well or not. Snipping
out the irrelevant parts may help the posting fit within the
text limits of a posting (whatever that limit is).

You'd have to laugh at this:

Zoom V.92 USB Mini 3090
http://www.buyersedge.com/Product/prodDesc.asp?XOS=2993933&PageView=2

"Configuration is automatic and without the potential conflicts
of an RS-232 serial port or an internal modem."

So there you have it :-) It is "automatic". And the AT command
sequence is probably already set optimally (if you can find the
AT command string, the Zoom site may have documents to help you
decode the options being used).

http://www.zoom.com/techsupport/dial_up/3090.shtml

Paul
 
Paul said:
In one of your other posts, you state you are using a USB
modem. The question is, whether that connection method
would be affected by a COM port setting.

You also stated that you downloaded a Java installer from java.com.
The installer is 16MB according to that site, and you say it took
45 minutes to download. 16*1024/(45*60) = 6KB/sec. Which is 48Kbits/sec
or roughly what I would expect of a 53Kbit max dialup connection.
(I think I used to get 46Kbits/sec or so.)
Click to expand...

You are a careful, hard-working, focused researcher. Wow...
Data compression is one method, over and above the raw
download rate, that affects performance. If, somehow, data
compression was disabled in the AT commands used during dialup,
perhaps that would reduce your surfing performance. For your Java
download, the installer is probably already well compressed, and
no further compression would be possible. (There are even times,
where a compression method on a modem, can reduce efficiency. It's
been a while since I've used dialup, so I forget all the rules.)

http://www.v92.com/about/v44compression.html

Perhaps you could get a copy of http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
It has an option to do a "text dump", and in that text file
will be a listing of details about your system. If you post
portions of the contents of that file, maybe someone could
identify whether your system is set up well or not. Snipping
out the irrelevant parts may help the posting fit within the
text limits of a posting (whatever that limit is).
Click to expand...

Here's the text dump file. Anyone? I would be much obliged for insight.

----------------------
CPU-Z version 1.32
----------------------

CPUID Output
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of CPUs 1
APIC ID 0
Name Intel Celeron
Code name Prescott
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.13GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F41
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping E0
Technology 90nm
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Features
Clock Speed 2133.4 MHz
Clock multiplier x16.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 133.3 MHz
Bus Speed 533.4 MHz
Stock frequency 2133 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2133.4 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000005 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 00000f41 00010800 0000441d bfebfbff
Function 00000002 605b5101 00000000 00000000 003c7040
Function 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 00000004 00000121 01c0003f 0000001f 00000000
Function 00000004 00000143 00c0103f 000001ff 00000000
Function 00000005 00000040 00000040 00000000 00000000
Function 80000000 80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000002 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020
Function 80000003 65746e49 2952286c 6c654320 6e6f7265
Function 80000004 20295228 20555043 33312e32 007a4847
Function 80000005 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000006 00000000 00000000 01004040 00000000
Function 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000008 00002024 00000000 00000000 00000000

edx eax
MSR 0000002C 00000000 10110210
MSR 0000002A 00000000 00000080
MSR 00000017 000A0000 00000000
MSR 000001A0 00000000 20A60089
MSR 0000008B 00000012 00000000


Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge VIA P4M800CE rev. 00
Southbridge VIA VT8237 rev. 00
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfert Rate 8x
AGP SBA supported, enabled
Memory Type
Memory Size 512 MBytes


Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Part number K
Serial number 06FFFF04
Manufacturing date Week 09/Year 99

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Registered no
Buffered no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 133 166 200
CAS# 2.0 2.5 3.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 2 3 3
RAS# Precharge 2 3 3
TRAS# 6 7 8


Dump Module #1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 80 08 07 0D 0A 02 40 00 04 50 65 00 82 08 00 01
10 0E 04 1C 01 02 20 00 60 70 75 75 38 28 38 28 40
20 60 60 40 40 00 00 00 00 00 37 46 20 28 50 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8C
40 7F 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4B 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 63 09 06
60 FF FF 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Monitoring
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sensor Chip Winbond FF


PCI Device List
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x0314
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x08
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xE8000000
Subvendor ID 0x1106
Subsystem ID 0x0314
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Capabilities
AGP Capability
Version 3.5
Status enabled
Transfer rate 8x (max 8x)
Queue lenght 1 (max 8)
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B
02 50 35 00 0B 02 00 07 02 03 00 00
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 14 03 06 00 30 22 00 00 00 06 00 08 80 00
10 08 00 00 E8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 11 14 03
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 C7 DB 10 DB 24 00 00 00 00 00 1F C4 00 04 00 01
50 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 01 80 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 02 50 35 00 0B 02 00 07 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 80 00 00 00 20 0F 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 21 D2 00 8C
C0 02 02 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x1314
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x0000
Subsystem ID 0x0000
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 14 13 06 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x2314
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x0000
Subsystem ID 0x0000
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 14 23 06 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 88 7A EF 88 3E 16 00 61 00 20 00 00 00 B2 88 C7
60 FF FF 0F FF FF 0F FF 70 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 33 22 33 44 35 28 76 00 51 AA 24 00 00 6D 00 00
80 1B 51 51 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3208
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x0000
Subsystem ID 0x0000
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 08 32 06 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 04 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 20 00 11 1F 89 00 C5 67 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 03 46 3B 0A 44 D9 80 00 00 83 65 10 08 C0 89 41
70 00 00 00 00 06 06 01 96 87 87 00 10 00 00 00 00
80 EA 03 00 E0 00 20 2D 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 03 00 05 04 00 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 41 EF 44 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 E1 AA AA 5A 0F 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 66 F0 F0 02 80 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 54 55 00 00
E0 BE 00 76 00 76 00 AA 00 DB 00 00 00 02 10 00 10
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x4314
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x0000
Subsystem ID 0x0000
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 14 43 06 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 80 20 FB FF FE F0 F7 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 04 04 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 12 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 01 00 40 04 39 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 7 (0x07)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x7314
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x0000
Subsystem ID 0x0000
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Capabilities
PCI Capability class 0x0
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 14 73 06 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 14 19 88 80 82 44 00 04 13 B9 88 80 82 44 00 01
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 20 08 00 01 80 00 00 00 00
60 00 EA 03 E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 82 C8 EE 01 20 0F 50 6E 01 00 00 00 00 00 02 12
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 20 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 05 01 00 02 35 22 22 44 47 23 33 11 00 00 00 00
C0 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 20 2D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to PCI Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 1 (0x01), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0xB198
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x01
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x01
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 02 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 98 B1 07 00 30 02 00 00 04 06 00 00 01 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 B0 B0 20 E2
20 00 FB F0 FC 00 F4 F0 F7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00
40 83 43 62 44 34 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 01 00 02 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 0E 00 35 00 07 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 80 00 00 00 00 0F 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 80 63 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F C4 00 04 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


RAID Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 15 (0x0F), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3149
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x0000FC00
Address 1 (port) 0x0000F800
Address 2 (port) 0x0000F400
Address 3 (port) 0x0000F000
Address 4 (port) 0x0000EC00
Address 5 (port) 0x0000E800
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x0B
Int. Pin 0x02
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 49 31 07 00 90 02 80 00 04 01 00 00 80 00
10 01 FC 00 00 01 F8 00 00 01 F4 00 00 01 F0 00 00
20 01 EC 00 00 01 E8 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 02 00 00
40 43 03 F1 44 06 AF 00 00 10 82 05 03 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 04 00 10 10 00 05 00 10 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 10 01 10 11 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 80 02 49 31 62 14 04 71 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


IDE Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 15 (0x0F), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x0571
Revision ID 0x06
PI 0x8A
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x0000E400
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0xFF
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 71 05 07 00 90 02 06 8A 01 01 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 01 00 00
40 4B F2 09 05 18 8C C0 00 20 20 20 20 FF 00 B6 B6
50 07 07 17 F1 0C 00 00 00 A8 A8 A8 A8 00 00 00 00
60 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 F8 5E B1 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 06 00 71 05 62 14 04 71 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB Controller (UHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3038
Revision ID 0x81
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x0000E000
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 38 30 07 00 10 02 81 00 03 0C 10 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 01 00 00
40 40 12 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B A0 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB Controller (UHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3038
Revision ID 0x81
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x0000DC00
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 38 30 07 00 10 02 81 00 03 0C 10 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 01 00 00
40 40 12 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B A0 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB Controller (UHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3038
Revision ID 0x81
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x0000D800
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x02
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 38 30 07 00 10 02 81 00 03 0C 10 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 02 00 00
40 40 12 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B A0 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB Controller (UHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3038
Revision ID 0x81
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x0000D400
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x02
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 38 30 07 00 10 02 81 00 03 0C 10 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 01 D4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 02 00 00
40 40 12 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B A0 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3104
Revision ID 0x86
PI 0x20
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xFDFFF000
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x03
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 04 31 07 00 10 02 86 20 03 0C 10 00 80 00
10 00 F0 FF FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 03 00 00
40 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 A8 20 00 09 00 00 00 00
50 00 5A 00 80 00 00 00 00 04 0B 88 88 03 88 88 00
60 20 20 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 01 00 00 00 E0
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 01 00 C2 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


PCI to ISA Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 17 (0x11), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3227
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x1106
Subsystem ID 0x3227
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 27 32 87 00 10 02 00 00 01 06 00 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 11 27 32
30 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 44 00 F8 0B 00 00 00 00 0C 20 00 00 04 00 0A 08
50 80 9D 09 00 00 00 00 00 43 80 00 01 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 06 11 27 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00
80 20 84 59 00 FA 31 00 00 01 04 00 00 0E 18 00 00
90 70 32 10 88 A0 C0 0F 00 0D 01 98 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 01 05 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Audio device
bus 0 (0x00), device 17 (0x11), function 5 (0x05)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3059
Revision ID 0x60
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x04
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x0000D000
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0xB014
Int. Line 0x07
Int. Pin 0x03
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 06 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 59 30 01 00 10 02 60 00 01 04 00 00 00 00
10 01 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 14 B0
30 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 03 00 00
40 01 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3F 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 01 00 02 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Ethernet Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3065
Revision ID 0x78
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x02
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x0000CC00
Address 1 (memory) 0xFDFFE000
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x17
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 00 02 FE 00 00 00 00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 65 30 87 00 10 02 78 00 00 02 10 00 00 00
10 01 CC 00 00 00 E0 FF FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 17 01 03 08
40 01 00 02 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 80 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 65 30 00 03
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


VGA Controller
bus 1 (0x01), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1106
Model ID 0x3344
Revision ID 0x01
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x03
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xF4000000
Address 1 (memory) 0xFB000000
Subvendor ID 0x1462
Subsystem ID 0x7104
Int. Line 0x05
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Version 1.1
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
01 70 22 06 00 00 00 00
AGP Capability
Version 3.0
Status enabled
Transfer rate 8x (max 8x)
Queue lenght 1 (max 256)
Dump
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B
02 00 30 00 0B 1E 00 FF 02 03 00 07
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 06 11 44 33 07 00 30 02 01 00 00 03 00 00 00 00
10 08 00 00 F4 00 00 00 FB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 14 04 71
30 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 02 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 01 70 22 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 02 00 30 00 0B 1E 00 FF 02 03 00 07 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Software
 
"Elle" said:
You are a careful, hard-working, focused researcher. Wow...


Here's the text dump file. Anyone? I would be much obliged for insight.
Click to expand...

So, it is a Celeron D 2.13GHz/FSB533/256KB cache processor.
One stick of PC3200 512MB memory (running at DDR333 ?)
Single channel memory chipset (P4M800CE) from VIA.
Built-in graphics.

I was hoping it would dump some info about the modem, but
I guess not. Is your modem listed on this page, or is it
some other model ?

http://www.zoom.com/techsupport/dial_up/3090.shtml

It seems strange for a USB modem to still have concepts
that go back to COM posts. On the one hand, the USB
modem probably needs a "virtual" COM port, for legacy
compatibility with older programs that do dialup
(or even Hyperterminal). But some of the concepts
just wouldn't seem to translate well - like the
transfer rate between computer and modem. The modem
will still have a "connect" rate, such as listing
"connect at 46K" or the like. That is between your
modem and the ISP. But between the modem and the
computer, the transfer is via USB, and a connect rate
there doesn't make any sense (like 115K).

What connect rate is claimed, when you dialup to your
provider ? For me, "46K" was a good day.

I've never used a USB modem, but I have messed around
with the INIT string on a few ext modems in the past (back
in the days when you got your best performance via
custom settings). With WinXP, I don't know if there is
sufficient transparency, to see the entire INIT string
being used or not. The bottom of this page, mentions
how to find your INIT string.

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/modem/4.shtml

You don't have to change anything there, but just have
a look around, to see what is being used, and compare
it to the docs for the modem.

I used to have some problems with the two modem standards.
There was K56flex and X2. When V.90 and V.92 showed up,
the idea was, the differences between K56flex and X2
hardware would be hidden. But with V.90 at least (I
never got to try V.92), I did notice that I had better
stability, using a K56 chipset modem with a K56 modem
pool. Or an X2 chipset modem with an X2 modem pool. I
still have two modems on my desk, one of each type,
as I used to dial up to two different pools (one for
work, one for home use).

In the case of your modem, I believe all of this is just
software, and that is the reason the Zoom modem mentions
a "500MHz" processor as a minimum. That suggests the
modem simply takes voltage samples from the phone line,
and your processor does DSP (digital signal processing),
to recover the data. The last time I benchmarked two
modems (an external USR Courier versus a Winmodem), the
Winmodem was actually 1% faster in download performance.
The USR used to be the king, for performance, and it seems
the software method finally caught up. Of course, that
means you still have to get lucky, and buy a modem where
the driver writers figured all this stuff out :-)

Paul
 
So, it is a Celeron D 2.13GHz/FSB533/256KB cache processor.
One stick of PC3200 512MB memory (running at DDR333 ?)
Single channel memory chipset (P4M800CE) from VIA.
Built-in graphics.
Click to expand...

Most of this is consistent with what I know of my CPU and memory, yes.
I was hoping it would dump some info about the modem, but
I guess not.
Click to expand...

No, nothing on the modem, even when I run the CPU-Z software with the
interface output option.
Is your modem listed on this page, or is it
some other model ?

http://www.zoom.com/techsupport/dial_up/3090.shtml
Click to expand...

It's the model 3090 listed on the page above. (The model # is written on my
modem. I saved all the documentation for it, too. Plenty of chatter in the
little manual about messing with the ports if there are problems getting it
going.)
It seems strange for a USB modem to still have concepts
that go back to COM posts. On the one hand, the USB
modem probably needs a "virtual" COM port, for legacy
compatibility with older programs that do dialup
(or even Hyperterminal). But some of the concepts
just wouldn't seem to translate well - like the
transfer rate between computer and modem. The modem
will still have a "connect" rate, such as listing
"connect at 46K" or the like. That is between your
modem and the ISP. But between the modem and the
computer, the transfer is via USB, and a connect rate
there doesn't make any sense (like 115K).
Click to expand...

That's a max rate, according to my settings.
What connect rate is claimed, when you dialup to your
provider ? For me, "46K" was a good day.
Click to expand...

Right now, right-clicking on my ISP's connection icon, then clicking on
"status," displayed is a "connection speed" of 115.200 kbps. Under
"Activity" it says that "Sent" compression is 11%; "Received" is 4%. (Dunno
what that means, but someone asked about compression before.)

(The above is for my new computer, with new mobo/cpu. I'll probably
experiment with my old computer in the next day or so, to see if anything
leaps out at me by way of differences.)
I've never used a USB modem, but I have messed around
with the INIT string on a few ext modems in the past (back
in the days when you got your best performance via
custom settings). With WinXP, I don't know if there is
sufficient transparency, to see the entire INIT string
being used or not. The bottom of this page, mentions
how to find your INIT string.

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/modem/4.shtml

You don't have to change anything there, but just have
a look around, to see what is being used, and compare
it to the docs for the modem.
Click to expand...

I see at the Zoom modem site you give above that, for one thing, my new
computer is not using a modem driver for Win XP. It's using the driver for
Win ME and other Win versions c. 2001, which of course came with the modem
back when I bought it in 2001. I'll try to download and install the Win XP
driver, first thing.
I used to have some problems with the two modem standards.
There was K56flex and X2. When V.90 and V.92 showed up,
the idea was, the differences between K56flex and X2
hardware would be hidden. But with V.90 at least (I
never got to try V.92), I did notice that I had better
stability, using a K56 chipset modem with a K56 modem
pool. Or an X2 chipset modem with an X2 modem pool. I
still have two modems on my desk, one of each type,
as I used to dial up to two different pools (one for
work, one for home use).

In the case of your modem, I believe all of this is just
software, and that is the reason the Zoom modem mentions
a "500MHz" processor as a minimum. That suggests the
modem simply takes voltage samples from the phone line,
and your processor does DSP (digital signal processing),
to recover the data. The last time I benchmarked two
modems (an external USR Courier versus a Winmodem), the
Winmodem was actually 1% faster in download performance.
The USR used to be the king, for performance, and it seems
the software method finally caught up. Of course, that
means you still have to get lucky, and buy a modem where
the driver writers figured all this stuff out :-)
Click to expand...

I can get a grasp on some of what you're saying but of course will have to
study most of the terms above more. You've given me some good ideas. Right
now I'm thinking 'Eureka, it's probably my old but reliable modem!' Not that
I'm going to go out and buy another. (Not when the old one is plenty fast on
my old computer.) But it is time to do some more homework. Thank you!
 
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