On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:09:16 -0700, "Charles Newman"
<chuck@backtalkradio.net> wrote:

>Some configurations cannot even use modems. A dial up
>modem will not work in an any Athlon 64 chipset. If I try
>and use a modem in my Athlon 64, the modem will not work.
>Same thing happened when I upgraded to Athlon 64
>machines a couple years ago. I had to buy new video
>cards, becuase the old PCI cards would not work with
>the machine. PCI modems will not work with Athlon
>64 machines, at least mine anyway.
>
>There are already chipsets out there that will not work with
>dial-up modems

That's a gigantic piece of misinformation.

I don't doubt you had issues getting a dial-up modem to work, but the
assertion that all Athlon 64 chipsets don't support dial-up modems is
totally and completely erroneous.

A_C