`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°  GreeTinGs `°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º WeLL I and now type to YoU by way of the DimensioN 4600 PC once again  The newer ModeM is now connected and aLL is well , , ,  so far. I un-insTaLLed all the modem settings last night , and after running the computer off and on just in hope any program that was running in the back-ground TRYimG to use FaX  , modem , eTc. IT would STOP , seeing there was nothing to connect too.  Soooooo 20 pLus hours later  I hooked newer modem in computer , turned iT on ,, iT saw "New HardWare" and then Loaded drivers oFF my ModeM HelPer CD . Then ran Diagnostics on iT from CD and aLL checked ouT Fine !!!  Sooooooo ,,,, what is the LessoN LearneD ?  # 1. IT's TruE !! best to disconnect in-lines to eLecTronics during an ELECTRIC or ThunDeR sTorM !!! or at least have surge protectors .  # 2. IF no-one HeLPs you just KeeP LooKing on-LinE , there are HeLPFuL SouLs sTiLL on the inTerneT , you just have to FinD TheM , or their old post.  # 3. Don'T GivE UP .  I am Happily LooKing at my large PC. monitor and not that small INSPIRON 700m screen , but with out iT I would not have been able to order newer modem  or connect to internet. so best to always have a back-up computer. THANKs for your TimE .    (((((~PEACE~)))))   IRON EyEs           
GreeTinGs and THANK YOU for YouR TimE My DeLL DIMENSION 4600 was working as normal yesterday and it was raining hard , I was playing some music from hard-drive when all at once music started repeating like a stuck vinyl record ?  ( you do remember vinyl records I hope ? ) LoL I came in room and to close down computer and restarted. All was fine until I tried to connect to the internet ? When I clicked in " connect " I get    ERROR CONNECTING ERROR 633  THE MODEM ( or other connecting device ) IS ALREADY IN USE OR NOT CONFIGURED PROPERLY "  so I went to control panel and clicked  " PHONE and MODEM OPTIONs "  I click on modems to bring up page it states  THIS DEVISE is WORKING PROPERLY if you are having problems with device , click "TROUBLESHOOTING" to start troubleshooter. So I click and NOTHING happens ? So then I click the upper page icon "DIAGNOSTICS" and click the "QUERY MODEM " icon and get  "THE PORT THAT THE MODEM IS ATTACHED COULD NOT BE OPENED. THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A HARDWARE CONFLICT. CHECK DEVICE MANAGER TO VERIFY ALL DEVICES ARE FUNCTIONAL."  I go to DEVICE MANAGER click modem and see   UPDATE DRIVER, DISABLE, UNINSTALL, SCAN FOR HARDWARE CHANGES, PROPERTIES.  Modem is stock  CONEXANT Smart HSFi V.9 X 56K DF PCI COM 3  in SLOT 2 ( PCI BUS 2 DIVICE 1 FUNTION 0 ) So the only one that seems to apply was " scan for hardware changes " but I get no inFo ? none of the others seem to be helpful ?  ALL I can think is some power surge must have come through phone-line seeing there was a storm . BuT at this point I have run out of ideas ???   PLEASE HeLP  this is my Main computer and must do something fast . ThanK YoU again for your time.  IRON EyEs
DIMENSION 4600i modem stopped now I can't reconnect ?!?