I am not a guru but many people come to me with their problems, so dont be afraid to use big words<g> OK cut to chase. I am helping my sons girlfriend with her machine.She has a handbuilt machine with an asus m-board..P5A-WA ATX. It has two isa plugins. I have tried both. The modem is aopen 56k V 90 internal. I have tried several drivers on the cd which isnt very helpful. In the past I have got better service with generic drivers. But I cant get the modem to cut on. The control panel shows a modem icon(The small phone) I have had it on all 4 comports. I get no dialing sound no screeching nada. It doesnt appear to be getting power. There are a number of plugs unattched coming from power pack. But most are the 4 wire plugs that go to disk drives. On the modem in the middle there are two plug things for sound, but I see that they are optional. There is a Jumper thing called jp17. With the rear of the modem(plug end) on the left I have the first two jumpers covered. Directly above jp17 you have jp 1 thru 11.Right now I have the first jumper with the 1 pin covred(The one closest to the jp17, the other is unexposed. jp2 is covered(both pins) jp3 is done like 1. Like I said I have tried everything.Even the 1170 and *70 thing for call wating. Nothing works, I have had problems before but never like this. HELP PLEASE walt