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barefootbilly

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Got a computer that has everything, except a modem. Decent memory, HD, etc, but this was used at our law firm, hooked up through NetGear on our server. Now I'm wanting to use this for home, and i'd like to swap out my old modem and replace the network card that's in place of where a modem would go, with the modem from my old computer.

Modems aren't just plug and play right? How would i go about doing this?

Just putting a modem into a rig that didn't previously have one, but instead a network card.

Thanks.
 
Well without using any of my ESP powers here, it's tough to answer because I have no idea what OS is running on the PC. Second, most recent modems are fully plug and play. It's just like installing any other internal hardware. Install the card physically, then boot the PC and load the drivers.
 
Depending on the age of the hardware and your computer, windows should automatically detect it and install the drivers by itself

If not, just google teh name of your modem and you should be able to get drivers easily
 
lol, that's what i thought.

problem is, the modem is coming out of an old copmuter. Win 95, 12gig, compaq presario. That modem would be going into a Micron Win XP 80gig setup.

If i can find the drivers for this modem online, i save them to a floppy and load them onto the new computer after physically installing it?
 
Ok. Since it's coming out of a computer that old you need to make sure it is a PCI modem and not an ISA modem.

For starters, when you look at the slot the modem is in... is the slot white? Do you notice if there are longer (black) expansion slots that are unused in the system?

The reason you need to find this out is that there is a very good chance that that new system you picked up will only have PCI slots.

If it turns out to be an ISA modem, modems are cheap, just to grab one from a local computer shop and put it in and you shouldn't have any problems.
 
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