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Your fax communications program only sends and receives
faxes at 14,400 bps when you have a 56K modem
•
Current fax technology only supports a maximum send
and receive rate of 14,400 bps.
The modem is not recognized by your computer
•
Make sure that the line connected to the modem is
working and plugged into the appropriate port on your
computer. See your setup poster to make sure that the
connections have been made correctly.
•
If the modem shares the telephone line with another
device, make sure that the telephone line is not in use
(for example, someone is on the telephone, or another
modem is in use).
•
Use the modem cable that came with your computer.
Some telephone cables do not meet cable standards and
may cause problems with the connection.
•
Shut down and restart your computer.
•
Run Windows modem diagnostics.
To run modem diagnostics:
1
Close all open programs.
2
Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control
Panel window opens. If your Control Panel is in
Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware.
3
Click the Phone and Modem Options icon, then
click the Modems tab.
4
Click your modem, then click Properties. The Modem
Properties dialog box opens.
5
Click the Diagnostic tab, then click Query Modem.
If information about the modem appears, the
modem passed diagnostics. If no modem
information is available, a white screen appears with
no data, or if you get an error such as port already
open or the modem has failed to respond, the modem
did not pass diagnostics.
Help
For more information about modem troubleshooting, click Start ,
then click Help and Support . Type
modem troubleshooting
in the
Search box, then press E
NTER
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