of course I didn't realize till after this was sent that it went to the person I was replying to instead of the list...sorry Charles. (My excuse is it is 8:30 am and I have not slept yet lol) {insert scream here} I HAD my sound card working before I started messing with the modem..now when I boot up linux it tells me my sound card is busy. I did the set serial and then tried to connect and then it told me my modem was busy. Earlier when I rebooted into windows and it installed the cirrus it was telling me there was a conflict and it took out my soundcard (they were fighting over Interrupt Request 10). I have tried to get the cirrus going in windows to no avail, it tells me there was hardware failure. I don't know if I got a bad modem from someone or if I just have too many PnP things or what :/ This is an ISA modem. Why oh why couldn't this be simple...bad enough first all I had was a winmodem lol. Heather ~trying to keep redheaded temper in check~ --- This Email is certified Virus Free (there, now don't you feel better? ~smile~) Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 01/25/01