[wellylug] newbie installation question

[firstname lastname]

I have a compaq deskpro pc with a pentium2 266mhz processor and 320MB of 
ram. I have never used linux before and have just installed mandrake10.0 
from a set of  cds from Dick Smiths.

I have two problems (that i am aware of.
1. i have an external modem (US Robotics 56KB message modem) which i do not 
think has been detected durring the mandrake installation. i can not see it 
listed under hardware or peripherals. how can i check that the modem is 
recognised in mandrake and if it has not been recognised how do i force 
mandrake to recognise it?

2. The pc has an integrated soundcard from ESS technologies. this has ot 
been recognides durring the install. what changes do i need to make to allow 
mandrake to use this sound card?

i am a long time windows user and this is my first experience of linux. 
please couch your help in language that an old person will be able to 
understand.

thank you very much for any help you can give me.

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