Digital Line Detected (PBX) : Please verify that your phone line from your computer is directly connected to a standard analog modem or fax line.

Just wanted to second the question. I have a 8600 running XP Pro and sees the same thing. Especially after I exit the DVD player. Anyone know the problem? I guess I can just remove the Digital Line Detect program from the Startup folder but would like to know why this is happening to begin with...

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I'm getting the same error message on my 8600 with WinXP Pro. It doesn't seem to cause any problems -- click OK and it goes away -- but it sure is annoying to have it keep popping up.

How do we disable this message?

I am getting the same message every now and then on my Inspiron 8600 with XP Pro. Not using the modem at all. Click OK and it goes away, but I can't figure out any steps to reproduce it every time.

I am getting the same error on my Inspiron 8600 with the Conexant D480 MDC V.9x Modem.  This happens when no modem is attached, just an ethernet cable.  The 1400 wireless card is detecting a wireless connection available(a neighbor who hasn't secured it)...I can't think of any other conditions surrounding this.

Thanks

I moved the Digital Line Detect program from the Startup folder so it doesn't automatically get loaded at startup, and I haven't seen that message since. And the laptop is runing fine too...

-V-

Well only suggestions I get to correct the funktionality is to remove the functionality.

That is not actually correcting the problem with Dell & modem.

I do not think this is a big deal, only thing I wory about is :

- Why did they add this function?

- It is said that digital phone line has different voltage compared to analog, and it can damage the computer / modem?

 

I will be travelling and using phone lines at hotels so I don't want to disable it fully, though that would get rid of the problem.  It's quite annoying and just last night happened 5-6 times within 1/2 hour.  BTW, I have XP Home. 

 

We have also seen this issue on multiple Latitude D600 notebooks.  Surely there is some better solution than simply removing the functionality completely.  Has anyone found anything better yet?  Thanks in advance!

I tried to find the digital line detect program in the startup folder but couldn't find it. What's the filename? I'll search for it.

Is anyone at Dell monitoring this thread? If so, what's Dell's take on this issue?

i have the SAME problem! dell please fix the problem!

 

i have 8600, xp pro, and everytime i unlock i got this error!

please provide fix asap.

 

hi. i was working with an I8500 and we encountered the same error message.

we were trying to install an optical mouse to it, and after that the error message started to appear.  we found out that the driver for the mouse was not updated for windows xp, so we uninstalled it and the error message disappeared.

hope this helps.

well you can try to use msconfig and put that item back in STARTUP, then try uninstalling your mouse software if you have any and see what happens.

 

or if you did not install any software for the mouse, you can do the same, but instead of uninstalling the mouse sfw, just try not plugging it in.

 if the problem stops then you have isolated the error message to that optical mouse.

and if this is the case, i suggest you try installing winxp drivers for that mouse if you can find any.

its worth a shot. :)

do we have to flood the phone tree in order to get a fix on this?? cathy??? anybody?

 

I am having a similar problem when I run some software on my system.  The digital line detected message appears and all windows are minimized.  I would like to disable or remove dlg.exe.  Would this cause any problems for my system?