fax I hope this is the right section

[fsyozabil]

I'm running Windows XP Home. I rarely use the fax, which I want to use now. The PC says no modem is connected, I think because I'm not using the one built in, but an external modem from Tiscali. I have a Lexmark X75 all in one which also acts as a fax. I've gone to printers and faxes in control panel and tried setting Lexmark as default printer, but the monitor just tells me that no modem is connected. Any suggestions?:(:confused:

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Right-Click My Computer and select Properties

Click on the Hardware Tab and click on Device Manager

Does it show any modem there?

 

What modem is the external one from Tiscali?

[fsyozabil]

no modem listed, Sagem in use

 

There seems to be no modem listed in device manager, but I am using a Sagem f@st 800 supplied by Tiscali

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Have a read of this Fozzy

 

How to enable and configure the fax service in Windows XP

[fsyozabil]

still no good

 

Thanks for the document Wolfey Mole, but in add/remove and add windows components, the fax service box is ticked. In control panel, printers and faxes, I have several printers showing. Some are copies of the Lexmark X74 (if I said X75, it's X74) I'm using a pc I bought from a friend with my own hard drive. he thought the driver for the printer might be on the old motherboard, but I seem to have that in a file on the hard drive and the printer is working. I'm told by the pc that no modem is connected, but I'm online so I think it's lying.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

I think you may be confusing a a modem with an ethernet socket because you are online Fozzy, I assume your using broadband yes?

[Tootech]

It's all getting a bit confusing for me - here's the bottom line.

 

Fax technology uses phone lines to transmit data - you need a dial up modem to work with Microsoft Fax - a broadband modem will not work.

 

Sending a fax using your printer also requires your computer to have a dial up modem - quoted from the printer manual

Do you need to send a fax? Your All-In-One can handle that, too. The

following steps lead you through sending a fax using your computer’s

modem.

 

If you want to use the Microsoft Fax software, fit a 56k dial up modem. If you prefer not to do that, have a look here for a broadband alternative.

 

eFax.co.uk - Email Fax Services

 

http://www.interfax.net

[fsyozabil]

Thank you both for your replies. I didn't realise I needed a dial up modem to fax. It looks like this pc I'm using doesn't have one. Is it likely I can swap the one from my old pc? That's a AMD Athlon 2200 and I'm now using a AMD Athlon 3200.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Here's a pic of a modem card Fozzy

 

http://www.recycledgoods.com/images/s_p_24509_1.jpg

 

And here's a pic of an Ethernet card

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006B9GW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

 

Notice how the Modem slot is more squarer.

 

Make sure the 2200 has the top card.

[fsyozabil]

thanks for the pics

 

I don't need the fax after all so I'm leaving it for now.