diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 0fecf70..aa2976b 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.5.30-b-1-t-1
+####  version: 0.5.31-b-1-t-1
 ####  Date: November 13 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -994,9 +994,12 @@ get_audio_data()
 
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# this is awkward, but it should work, ie, if there's only one sound card found
+	# have to filter out modems because they also appear on asound/cards
 	device_count=$( egrep -ic '(multimedia audio controller|audio device)' <<< "$lspci_data" )
 	if [[ $device_count -eq 1 && -f /proc/asound/cards ]];then
-		alsa_driver=$( gawk -F ']: ' '{
+		alsa_driver=$( gawk -F ']: ' '
+		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
+		$1 !~ /modem/ && $2 !~ /modem/ {
 			driver=gensub( /^(.+)( - )(.+)$/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
 			gsub(/^ +| +$/,"",driver)
 			if ( driver != "" ){
@@ -1023,7 +1026,9 @@ get_audio_data()
 	# c=gensub( /^ *vendor: (.+) +model: (.+) +rev:.*$/, "\\2", "g", a[i] )
 	# in case of failure of first check do this instead
 	if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -eq 0 && -f /proc/asound/cards ]];then
-		A_AUDIO_DATA=( $( gawk -F ']: ' '{
+		A_AUDIO_DATA=( $( gawk -F ']: ' '
+		{ IGNORECASE=1 }
+		$1 !~ /modem/ && $2 !~ /modem/ {
 			card=gensub( /^(.+)( - )(.+)$/, "\\3", 1, $2 )
 			driver=gensub( /^(.+)( - )(.+)$/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
 			if ( card != "" ){