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old internal dial up modem

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curioustechy
curioustechy Original post #1
Dec 31, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Once upon a time i was using dial up internet connection by means of an internal modem in my desktop pc loaded with winxp.... In course of time i upgraded my pc and presently i'm using a broadband internet connection by means of an external wifi modem in my win7 os... I want to setup a faxing machine on my pc using 'windows fax and scan'... After rag picking the old internal modem, i fitted it to the PCI of my present pc.... the modem was not properly installed for want of driver.. I searched net for a win7 driver for this modem but couldnt find any... could somebody help me... the driver cd came along with the modem doesnt have a win7 or even win vista driver.... "Modem details: PRIYA PS560PCI-F0"
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Naxal #2
Dec 31, 2012 at 5:25 PM
I guess, chances are low, those modems were from Windows 98SE times, latest at max drivers can be found for Windows XP but I really doubt if once can natively run them with Windows 7 / 8.

I dont know if some expert can shade some light on Virtual OS, can that help in anyway ? Is there any possibility to install driver within Windows XP mode to allow the Modem to work ??
curioustechy
curioustechy #3
Jan 7, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Yea some expert advise would be highly appreciable...
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whitestar_999 #4
Jan 7, 2013 at 1:43 PM
if your processor & mobo support intel vt-d(VT-d enabled motherboards and CPUs for Paravirtualization) or equivalent amd IOMMU then it is simple.if not then i don't think it is possible because in that case guest os can only use pci devices which are recognized by host os which obviously need drivers first.i may be wrong but until someone who has good experience of working with virtual machines claim otherwise consider this to be correct.
curioustechy
curioustechy #5
Jan 18, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Sorry, my bios don't have any vt-d option.
Could somebody here intelligent & kind enough to fabricate a win7 driver, if i give xp driver.
Or how much an internal dial up modem (pci) costs nowadays?
Anorion
Anorion #6
Jan 18, 2013 at 3:45 PM
try installing the drivers in compatibility mode for xp, right click > properties > compatibility > choose xp, might work, might not
d6bmg
d6bmg #7
Jan 19, 2013 at 1:17 AM
You need to find the driver for windows 7. There is no other way.

Anorion said:
try installing the drivers in compatibility mode for xp, right click > properties > compatibility > choose xp, might work, might not
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Wrong. Program compatibility doesn't work in case of drivers.
Anorion
Anorion #8
Jan 19, 2013 at 1:38 AM
Have installed scanner, printer and sound card drivers in compat mode for xp while running 7, worth trying for modem, esp when desp enough to try and re-engineer the drivers
d6bmg
d6bmg #9
Jan 19, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Anorion said:
Have installed scanner, printer and sound card drivers in compat mode for xp while running 7, worth trying for modem, esp when desp enough to try and re-engineer the drivers
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Never heard of anything like that. :p
curioustechy
curioustechy #10
Jan 22, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Sorry, runnin in compatability mode didn't work :-(

Any other idea guys?

Last day i searched for pci connect internal modems and sadly was told that its obsolete and wont get one for win7
d6bmg
d6bmg #11
Jan 22, 2013 at 4:39 PM
curioustechy said:
Sorry, runnin in compatability mode didn't work :-(

Any other idea guys?

Last day i searched for pci connect internal modems and sadly was told that its obsolete and wont get one for win7
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Sadly, you can do nothing in this case.
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ArjunKiller #12
Jan 22, 2013 at 10:43 PM
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