The error code is 680,no dail tone,but when you try and connect,you clearly have a dail tone that is clear as glass,I've done everything I could with my limited knowledge of the modem system,I've un-installed and re-installed,did a diagnostic as well.
We did have lighting in the area yesterday so I'm beginning to believe that some stray voltage may have shot up the line and frazzled the modem,but nothing else was touched though.
My computer is a HP s5107c desktop running Windows Vista with service pack 1,the modem is a Agere Systems PCI-SV92EX Soft Modem.
I'm going to shop for modems just in case!