no dial tone on modem

[powvey]

I have an HP laptop, and whenever I try to dial up it says there is no dial tone.  I tried unchecking the "wait for dial tone" box.  I sent the computer back to HP for warranty service, and it came back with a note saying they could duplicate the problem and they replaced the system board, but I still can't get it to work.  I am using a business phone line, in which I have to dial a 9 to get an outside line.  I typed a 9 into the appropriate box along with a comma.  Unfortunately, I don't have a plain old home phone line to try it on.

[yourfateissealed]

have you tried simply adding the "9" before the number to dial the connection.

such as:

9xxx-xxx

[Silencer_RPMs]

i haven't messed with business lines. but don't u have to press 9 wait a couple seconds and then dial the number? thats probably the problem. sometimes with software you can disable call waiting. I think it dials like * and whatever it is. replace that with 9. so it'll dial 9, wait then dial your number.

[GX44]

but don't u have to press 9 wait a couple seconds and then dial the number?

I don't think you need to wait... I don't need to when I dial outside lines from work... I'm in the UK though, no idea if it's different elsewhere.