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re: incomeing phone call hangs up pc Friday, September 6, 2002 at 5:24 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (32675 messages posted) This is a question for either your phone co. or your ISP...one of the two! Not the forum, btw. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: incomeing phone call hangs up pc Friday, September 6, 2002 at 6:47 am Posted by Al (42 messages posted) add '*70,' to the front of the phone number on your dial-up info to disable call waiting on your phone line while you are online. Al On Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 11:22 pm, John T wrote: >On my Windows ME (Emachine pc) when my telephone rings it locks up my pc and I have >to ctrl-alt-del to reboot. My phone line in from the wall to the pc phone line and >from the out to a Brother MFC 1750 (fax, copier, scanner, phone). The pc locks up >but the phone will work on incoming calls.. > >Does anyone have any info on a fix???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: incomeing phone call hangs up pc Friday, September 6, 2002 at 11:18 pm Posted by John (1 messages posted) I'm not on line with my ISP when this lock up happens... It has to be a programing error somewhere in my PC... On Friday, September 6, 2002 at 5:24 am, CJ wrote: > >This is a question for either your phone co. or your ISP...one of the two! Not the >forum, btw. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: incomeing phone call hangs up pc Monday, February 23, 2004 at 9:32 pm Posted by HL Alcigaire (1 messages posted) Dear Sir: Aimless browsing brought me to your September 5th, 2002 technical puzzle posted at this site. In case a clear answer was never received to the question, do allow me to explain the resulting lockup or freeze caused by incoming calls to your idle PC. First of all, keep in mind that system freezes are also common in the most stable computer system configuartions , mainly because of: 1) unexpected software or hardware operation interrupts; 2) software address or hardware device address access conflicts. It must also be said that even any other version of Windows between 95 and ME would have exhibitted the freeze symptom caused by incomming calls to your Windows ME-based PC. The reason this freeze occurs is because many modern modems (PCI HCF, HSF, WinModem) are in constant dialogue with the PC system bus, even when supposedly idle. On incomming calls, the modem responds by sending a signal to the bus which the system did not expect. Therefore, with no intelligent software response or trap for handling the modem response signal, your system freezes. You can easily prove this by experimentally engaging the modem to receive incomming calls with a messaging program. The messaging program will contain the intelligence to engage the modem and process its responses. Some remedies in your grasp might include: (1) disabling the 'wake on ring' feature for your modem in the system BIOS, if provided. 2) update your modem driver to one that idles the modem when not in direct use; 3) upgrade your Windows operating system to the more intelligent NT, 2000 or XP products. And there is your answer, Sir, over one year later, from an uninvolved stranger passing by. Goodnight! Sincerely, HLA. On Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 11:22 pm, John T wrote: >On my Windows ME (Emachine pc) when my telephone rings it locks up my pc and I have >to ctrl-alt-del to reboot. My phone line in from the wall to the pc phone line and >from the out to a Brother MFC 1750 (fax, copier, scanner, phone). The pc locks up >but the phone will work on incoming calls.. > >Does anyone have any info on a fix???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum