| i can't connect to COM1 and COM2 with W2K :-(
| All parameters (IRQ, adress) on the BIOS or in the System are
standard,
| an i have the last BIOS-Version installed (BX2F113A).
| Any ideas?
|
| Dietmar
|
What is it exactly you are trying to connect to COM1/2? An internal ISA
or PCI modem, an external modem, a serial port scanner, etc? Chances are
it may just be a device driver issue.
If it is a modem you have installed you can check its functionality by
going to Control Panel, Phone and Modem Options, click Modems properties
tab. Highlight your modem in the "installed" list (note what COM port it
is on), click Properties button. Click Diagnostics properties tab, click
Query Modem button. If you get command responses the modem itself is
likely working fine.
If you happen to be installing an internal ISA modem that is not
PlugNPlay, then you have to set its jumpers to use a COM port that is
NOT one of those you have enabled in the BIOS. Those BIOS-enabled COM1
and COM2 ports are devoted to devices that connect to the serial port
connectors on the back of your computer, like external modems, scanners,
cameras, bar code readers, scales, cash drawers, etc. If you want to use
one of those COM ports for an internal ISA modem you must first disable
the port in BIOS, then manually install the port by having Windows
Hardware Wizard (Add New Device) search for new non-PnP hardware. Once
the COM port on your legacy modem is detected and installed you'll be
able to use it.
I'm just grabbing at straws here... good luck!
