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    Vaio dialup modem gone silent

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by szopen, Oct 29, 2006.

  1. szopen

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    Hi there, I have a Vaio PCG-V505GP Sony Vaio purchased here in New Zealand ca 2 years ago. It has Win XP Pro. A few days ago, my dialup modem stopped making any sounds. I can no longer hear the connection occurring, but the modem still works.

    In Device Manager -> Modems -> CXT AC-Link Modem for Intel -> Properties the speaker volume slider is definitely ON.

    I can hear other sounds normally.

    I tried to update drivers using the same CXT AC-Link Modem for Intel -> Properties -> Driver -> Update driver, but it said that my driver is up-to-date.

    I found this page on Sony's website and downloaded the driver version 7.04.01. However after trying to install it, I got a message "Failed to install".

    In Device Manager - modem properties, I see that the drivers on my laptop are still version 6.1.18.0.

    I uninstalled the modem, restarted and waited for the modem to reinstall itself.

    Now, I am back to square one: the modem works but is 100% silent.

    Any other ideas?
     
    szopen, Oct 29, 2006
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