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Motorola sb5100, can it work with W7?
G'day all. Well I got windows 7 RC to install sweetly, however, the problem is that now that I have it installed, I am unable to get my modem to work with windows7.
The modem is a Motorola Sb5100 cable modem, with usb/ethernet connection. I realise that my modem is ancient, however it still works (with xp anyway), and as a result I was wondering if there was a way to get it working for windows 7. I'm hoping that there is a workaround one of you may have come up with that could potentially work for this modem.
Is there a way to get XP drivers to install AND run correctly in Win7? Win7 picks up the modem so much that it realises it is connected, however Win7 can't get the modem to run without the drivers, and my attempts so far to get the drivers to install have failed (the driver installation executable fails to run, whether done in compatability mode for XP sp2 or 3, or vista, or no compatability mode).
SO does anyone know of a solution/workaround? or is it time for me to bite the bullet and upgrade my modem? The only thing stopping me from upgrading, is the possibility that even upgrading to a newer modem will result in similar issues of refusal of drivers to install, thus wasting money upgrading the modem :P
EDIT: If it matters, I'm using 64bit version of RC, whereas I was using 32bitversion of WinXP. Could it be possible that using a 64bit OS, is the reason why the modem drivers aren't properly working? since the disc is as old as the modem itself, which was made before Vista was in production.
FINAL EDIT: Problem solved: changed from USB to ethernet connection between the modem and computer, to remove the need for the USB drivers which are incompatable with Windows 7.
Last edited by chobbo; 14 May 2009 at 01:28. Reason: Problem Solved.