Sol

First, take the time to laugh at my ass for still having dialup.

Anyway. My comp used to connect at around 48 kbps [before harddrive failure.]

With XP reloaded and everything, and modem drivers reinstalled, it now caps at 28 kpbs. Constantly. I know it's an issue with my computer and not the phone lines as the fried comp I'm using right now connected at 37 kbps.


Question is this... doesn't the 28 cap mean there's a conflict? Like, AOL is trying to use the wrong modem or whatever.

[Yes, I am fully aware AOL is complete garbage, but I don't have a choice.]

>>11
>Fucking AOLers.

DON'T INSULT ME I'LL GET THE INTERNET POLICE ON YOU

Dude I may be an idiot and a fuckin' newb at this shit, but I'm not THAT stupid.

>Most likely you are using some cheap OEM system and the RJ45 jack will not be in a slot, but somewhere near the serial/paralell/onboard video ports

Yeah, it's right under the the mouse port.

>and I know you have onboard video
God, I hope so. Either that or I'm trippin' the dorkiest hallucination ever fucking had.

>Now, Windows will install something called "Dial-Up Adapter" in your network adapters

...uhh... no it didn't. Assuming you're refering to something that would appear under the "network adapters" heading in device manager, I mean. Only thing under that heading is the NIC card.

>I think your best thing at this point is to utilize any recovery options (F10 usually) in your computers BIOS and reset back to when you bought it.

I'll give it a shot, but seeing as how this is a largely blank
harddrive with a rewly reinstalled XP, I'm under the impression it's more of a driver issue or somethin'. I 'unno.

ohfuck would updating the BIOS pull this shit



Question. On the modem with the two jacks... what's the difference in that again? I mean the one with a pic of a phone is for an actual phone line, or... whatever. Also, would having the cable in the wrong port pull this shit? 'Cause it doesn't seem to matter which port it goes in on my other comp...


>>12
Shell out a bit moar cash for about the same speed? Nah.

...Also [largely] I'm not the one paying for the service; not my call anyway. Which is also why I'm using fuckin' AOL; I wouldn't be usin' this shit otherwise.