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Com Port Settings
Name: KJENSEN Date: December 25, 2000 at 19:18:19 Pacific
Comment:
I enabled my 2nd com port on my computer to run a 2nd serial device. When the driver installed, it came up COM port 5. I need it to be COM4 or COM3. Any ideas how to change it??? Have uninstalled & reinstalled in the device manager to no avail. Thanks in advance
Name: Eric Date: December 25, 2000 at 19:36:29 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have any internal device looking for a serial port?
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Response Number 2
Name: KJENSEN Date: December 25, 2000 at 19:39:56 Pacific
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No sir. The internal modem is fine. It runs on COM2..That's the only internal device on a COM port. Thanks!!!!!
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Response Number 3
Name: Eric Date: December 25, 2000 at 19:52:34 Pacific
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In your bios, how are the com ports defined? I believe comm 5 would share and IRQ with comm 1. Maybe if comm 3 & 4 are not activated in the bios, your system reuses comm 1 as comm 5. Only a guess.
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Response Number 4
Name: KJENSEN Date: December 25, 2000 at 20:16:03 Pacific
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Thanks ERIC! Had the COM port set to auto. Went to Enable & saw the I/O setting was the same as COM1. Looked up the COM I/O setting for COM3, selected it & BINGO! I appreciate it. Happy Holidays
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Response Number 5
Name: Eric Date: December 25, 2000 at 20:17:42 Pacific
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