Decreasing the hardware acceleration

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The S3 chip can cause problems with internal modems that are connected to COM4. This problem can be solved in two ways. You can use the described underneath to decrease the 'hardware acceleration' of the videocard, or you can try to move the modem to another COM-port.

  • Double click the icon 'My Computer'.

  • Double click the icon 'Control Panel'.

  • Double click the icon 'Display'.

  • A new screen wil appear. In this screen you go to the tab 'Settings' and you click on the button 'Advanced Properties'.
  • In the screen that will be opened you go to the tab 'Performance'.
  • Here you will find a scroll bar, you have to move the bar all the way to the left to 'None'.
  • Then you close all screens by clicking on 'OK' You will be asked whether you want to restart you computer and you have to confirm this question.
  • When the computer has restarted you can try again.

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