USB Serial Adapters with external V92 modems

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I live in a rural area a have only one phone line. I have been using an
external serial USR 5686e V92 modem with USR's Internet Call Notification
program. Modem worked fine and received thee incoming calls ok.

Received a new PC that has no serial port. The internal PCI V92 modem uses
CXT's MOH for incoming calls and it works fine, but the modem is nowhere
nearly as solid and quick as the my old ext modem is.

I purchased a cheap USB Serial Adapter installed the driver, connected the
USR external modem, loaded USR lastest driver. The Modem works great but
USR's Internet Call Notifications will not detect the incoming calls.

The USB Serial Adapter driver was a Prolific driver so i went to their web
site downloaded their lastest driver and installed No change.

I have disabled, uninstalled and phyically removed the PCI modem and have
removed the CXT MOH program. NO help. Tried early USR drivers and XP,s
driver no help.

I have forced the USB Serial Adapter to COM2 port no help.

I ran the device manager from the command prompt and looked for Ghost
drivers. I even uninstalled some that were not physically connected no help.

Has anyone had any experience with USB Serial Adapters and external V92
modems?

Windows XP MMC, MSI motherboard (no updates shown at OEM), Athlon 64 +3500,
Emachine. Everthing seems to work fine except for being able to use my good
external modem.

There is a world of difference on my long phone line between my external
modem and any other modem I have tried. That is why i would like to be able
to use it. BTW the two modem connection speed show 45 to 48Kbps with ext
always the lower and V92 works above 34 i believe.

Thanks
 
Thanks,i had not considered that option. I have thought about trying to
obtain the non_OEM version of the motherboard w/serial port plus a couple of
other ports,then switching the BIOS chip, but I am not sure if I could still
use the OEM windows XP. That's what I am planning on later, in the mean time
i just need the modem.

The PCI Serial Adapter maybe the easist way to go. I will wait to see if
anyone else has any suggestions.

Thanks again!!
 
You're welcome.
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wouldbee said:
Thanks,i had not considered that option. I have thought about trying to
obtain the non_OEM version of the motherboard w/serial port plus a couple
of
other ports,then switching the BIOS chip, but I am not sure if I could
still
use the OEM windows XP. That's what I am planning on later, in the mean
time
i just need the modem.

The PCI Serial Adapter maybe the easist way to go. I will wait to see if
anyone else has any suggestions.

Thanks again!!
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