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Upgrading Your Modem Driver

a. Locate Driver by ATi Response

Step 1. Turn off your Internet connection, and start Control Panel from Settings,
Step 2. Double click the Modems icon,
Step 3. Select the Diagnostics page,
Step 4. Select the COM Port where your modem is located and click the More Info... button,
Step 5. Look for the Response from Comm... ATI3,
Step 6. and find the update driver. You can contact the Modem manufacturer or our suggested sites: www.56k.com, 808hi.com/56k/trouble.htm, windrivers.com, and modemhelp.com.

b. Modem Driver Installation Instructions

These instructions apply to Windows 95 and Windows 98. They will work with most driver or driver/flash combination files. These instructions also assume that you already know how to make a folder (directory), and are reasonably familiar with unzipping a downloaded file.

1) Make a directory on your hard drive, and call it something like "mdmdrv". This is the directory name we use in the following Part 2. Unzip the file you downloaded to this directory.

2) Go to Control Panel, System. Click on the "Device Manager" tab. Look down and you'll see Modems. Click on the little plus (+) sign beside the word Modems. Highlight your modem by clicking on it once. Click on the "Properties" button. Click on the "Drivers" tab. Click on "Update Driver" button. Click "Next" Click "Display a list of all drivers....." Click "Next" Click "Have Disk" Click "Browse" Double click "c" in the right hand column. Double click "mdmdrv" in the right hand column. Click "ok" Click "ok" again. Click "Next" If a warning screen pops up warning about wrong drivers, click "yes", and install the update anyhow. (This warning is standard. It just means that the driver provided is not from your modem's manufacturer, and should be ignored.) Click "Next" Click "Finish" Click "Close" Click "Close" again, Restart your computer. Go to Control Panel, Internet, Connection tab, Settings button, and specify your new modem type. Connect to the internet!