Modem Speaker

Your string may be preempted by its stored default profile or the string may not be entered correctly. I get the impression that 6793's come in many flavors so it may be a driver issue also, i.e. driver works for the most part but the version number of the modem may vary from the driver's. The inf file for the driver has some default initialization commands.

Check this out anywho:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250649

Greetings, antoinem99!
   There are two places where you can turn off your modem volume.  Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager.  Hightlight the mouse driver and click on Properties.  If there is a lever there, turn it down or off.

If no joy, go to Control Panel > Modems.  Hightlight the driver and click on Properties. Turn the lever off.

If no joy, when you enter M0 did you enter capital M and the number zero?

Best wishes, war1

Hello,

If you want to shut off the modem speaker, and nothing else has worked, even sliding the Modem
speaker volume Slider to its  lowest.  You can enter a command to turn off the speaker. To do this, click

a) Start.
b) Settings
c) Control Panel.

When Control Panel opens, double-click the 'Modem' icon. In the 'Modem Properties' dialog box click 'Properties'. Now, click the 'Connection' tab. Next click, ‘Advanced’ and then click on the 'Extra
Settings Entry' box. In that box, enter

atm0

to turn off the speaker. If an AT command is already present, add M0 to the end of the command.
Whatever your command string, click OK once it is entered.

Back in Properties, click OK, and then click Close when you get back to the Modems Properties
dialog box. Also, sometime it may happen that the Modem stops working altogether after the
AT Command string was modified. The simple reason for this is the fact that instead of ‘ 0 ’ (Zero)
an ‘O’ (the Alphabetic letter ‘O’), was entered.

Also kindly remember (writing these down would be agood idea) each step that you have taken
and each changes you have made.
This is necessary so that you can reverse the changes if ever required.

Just for your information, the following are some of the Modem Initialization String commands.


L0  Lowest volume
L1  Lowest volume (redundant)
L2  Medium volume
L3  Maximum volume
M0  Speaker always off
M1  Speaker on during connection
M2  Speaker always on (very noisy)

Hope this helps.

antoinem99,
   We have not heard from you? Did any comment help you solve your problem? Do you have any more questions? If an Expert help you, please accept his/her answer and provide him with an excellent or good grade.

Thanks, war1

Tried all the above suggestions but to no avail...... the speaker still makes that loud noise whilst connected.  Really appreciated your suggestions but believe me, none worked... any other idea is more than welcome !!!!! Antoine.

antoinem99,
   The problem could be the modem. Can you swap it with another modem? Then you will know whether the problem is due to the modem or the system.

war1, I tried 2 modems of the same chipset number but still have this result. Can it be that both are faulty? Is it possible that conexant do not have a solution for these modems? What are other people doing with their modems?

This problem cropped up when I installed Windows XP as both modems were working perfectly well under Win98, hence it must be a driver issue.

Antoine.

antoinem99,
   This is typical of coexant modem, loud noise while connecting. But you should be able to turn it off in Device Manager > Modem.

Check in Control Panel > Multimedia > Volume or click on the speaker icon in your system tray. Click Options > Properties. See if there is an option for Line or Telephone or something similar. Check it and click OK. Now pull down the lever of Line or Telephone setting to low or no sound.

Since posting this message way back 31st May 2003, I came across 3 more modems with the same chipset R6793-11 and need to install Windows XP instead of the current Windows 98.

The only thing which is keeping me from installing Win XP is the fact that I will face the above mentioned modem problem on each of these computers same as happened on the other 2 systems I already installed.

All above suggestions have been given a try but the modem's speaker remains on with a loud noise indeed.

What can I do next??????

Antoine.

antoinem99,
  Since you are installing these modems for Windows XP, do you have Windows XP modem drivers? You can get coexant drivers at

http://members.cnx.net/reboot/modems/

Yes, I have the right drivers.

I have another idea. Can I physically take off the modem speaker? And I mean remove it from the board.

You could but you may regret that later. The speaker's a good troubleshooting guideline when other problems arise.

When connected, right click the connection icon, choose Status/Properties, on the General tab click Configure, and uncheck the Enable Modem Speaker option.

Do not use the M0 connecttion string. Use the L0M0.

Moreover, you should not include this connection string in the Modems sections of the control panels, but you should select the connection in the Dial-up Networking, click on the modem properties, and set the connection string there (click on advanced).

If that does not work, try the &FL0M0 connection string.

AFC

Problem solved by removing the speaker........... !!!!!!!!!!!1

You'll be sorry..... you only cured a symptom, not the problem