Internal Modem

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Hi guys :rolleyes:

I have and use an external ADSL Broadband modem, can I safely disable the internal modem through Device Manager, and will my PC benefit performance Wise? is it worth doing?

Internal Modem: Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem.

Location: PCI Slot 3 (PCI bus 0,device 11,function 0)

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If it's the dial-up modem, since you're using broadband connection, you may try to disable it and see the effects. I don't think it will boost any system performance

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If it's the dial-up modem, since you're using broadband connection, you may try to disable it and see the effects. I don't think it will boost any system performance

Hi Tunerz :rolleyes:

Yes it is a dial up modem, I also need to know if I have to physically remove it if I disable it?

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I think you only need to disable the driver. There could be cases in which your dial-up modem could prove its use so physically removing it can be a bad idea.

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Yes disabling it though device manager should be all you need to do and i cant see how it would give you any performance increase from removing it. That said i removed the internal dial up modem from my old computer and found that i have not needed it or had any issues from removing it.

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Yes disabling it though device manager should be all you need to do and i cant see how it would give you any performance increase from removing it. That said i removed the internal dial up modem from my old computer and found that i have not needed it or had any issues from removing it.

Hi AnGrA & Tunerz :rolleyes:

Thanks for replying to my post.

It's probably not performance so much, I'm more interested in cutting down on startup programs, or processes that ain't necessary :rolleyes:

This thing uses (2,640k Physical Memory & 28,996k Virtual Memory)! I no it's not a lot, however it's not doing anything B)