how do i detect what modem i have ?

after reformating what was a tiny preinstalled setup to install win me i realised that i dont know what modem i have in my pc
i have even tried taking of the cover but no identity on the modem card there is no driver cd with comp and it is just a back up reload cd with nothing on their to tell me what the modem is

please help im going mad here

ps this was posted using another pc i have at home but i need the other machine working asap

 

Hi graham4u,
Right click My Computer, select Properties, Click on Device Manager tab. Scroll down to Modems, click on the plus. It should tell you what kind you have.

 

it dosent as i havent been able to install the modem yet
as explained above i have reinstalled windows with a new windows melenium but forgot to note down what modem i
have so i cant even install it from the drivers that come with me
i have tried to get windows to detect the modem with no luck

 

Hi graham4u,
Sorry missunderstood you. Have you tried: Start, Settings, Control Panel. Select Add New Hardware. Follow the prompts and see if it picks it up. Reboot first then do it. It never hurts to reboot!

 

thanks for trying but that dosent work either are ther any other ways of finding out what card it is

 

Shot in the dark,
A friend (system analyst)told me if my system would not recognize my modem to remove it, reboot, shut down and then reinstall modem and boot.

 

See if you have a 'pci communication device' listed in device manager, probably under 'other devices'. Take that out and see if it will detect. It will probably not identify the modem even if it finds it, but you can try. If there are no numbers anywhere on the modem you can narrow it down by looking at the big chip on the modem, it will probably be Conexant, Motorola, PcTel, Texas Instruments (TI) or Rockwell, you might be able to find some generic drivers for the chipset. If it was me, I would not spend too much time on it, you can buy a new winmodem for under $15. If it has jumpers on it for setting the com port, it is a hardware modem and you should be able to install it as a 'standard modem' then use the diagnostics tab in modem properties to get the ID string for it.