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Problem with Com Ports

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Name: martinberg
Date: November 12, 2004 at 07:32:50 Pacific
OS: Windows ME
CPU/Ram: 650 MHz 64 MB Ram
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Hi All.
I Have a problem with my labtop. I Want to establish an internet connection but windows won´t detect my modem - it says that COM3 is closed and that it might be a BIOS problem but I don´t think it is. Can I open it in any way. I´m Considering to replace Win ME With Win98



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Name: wawadave
Date: November 14, 2004 at 15:21:50 Pacific
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hello try going to devicemanager,computer properties,view resources.
any prblems showing there?

in bois you could allso disable irq,s for any unused pci slots. see if that frees up your port com3 problem.

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