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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] ltagere SUSE9.1 AMD issue
From:       "Carl E. Hartung" <suselinux () cehartung ! com>
Date:       2005-02-28 11:23:11
Message-ID: 200502280623.25757.suselinux () cehartung ! com
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On Monday 28 February 2005 06:09, Chadley Wilson wrote:
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Hi Chadley,

Are you aware that this is a "winmodem?"  These are cheap OEM-only 
resource hogs designed to off-load as much of the 'heavy lifting' as 
possible to the host cpu.  That's why the "whole system hangs up" when 
it's trying to dial and there's a problem.

They are also widely known for being difficult to impossible to get 
working correctly because so much depends on the mainboard design, the 
chipset used and the bios installed.  You really are very lucky to have 
it behaving nicely in one system.

FYI, there are websites devoted to this topic.  Google "winmodem" to get 
a list of the best ones.  And if you haven't seen this already, more 
info on Agere's "modem" chips can be found here:

http://www.agere.com/entnet/modem_drivers.html :

Good luck & regards,

- Carl

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