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Several of the other postings have assumed that your modem is a plug-in
card. Of course, it could be a part of the motherboard. If that is the
case, then disabling the COM2 port in the BIOS may actually be disabling
the modem itself. However, you did mention that the modem was a USRobotics,
so I suspect you are saying it is a plug-in card. In that case the
suggestions made by the others might be the answer.
Also, in Device Manager you can look at the resources used by at least most
of the devices. Look at the one with the yellow circle and exclamation
point and see if you can tell if those resources are also in use by another
device, and if so see if you are permitted to alter them for either device
until a conflict no longer occurs. PCI cards *usually* can share IRQ
values, but not always, and ISA devices virtually never can. Nor can any
devices share memory addresses or I/O (port) addresses--at least under
normal circumstances.
Device Manager doesn't let you alter the resource assignments for all
devices, because not all "plug and play" devices give alternative settings
they will accept. But often enough you can alter one or the other of two
conflicting devices and get things to work that way.
Also, remember that not all modems use COM2. It is perfectly possible to
have a modem that is using COM1 (if your mouse isn't), or COM3 or COM4.
Just a few more thoughts to see if something gets jogged loose enough to
shift from unworking to working.
Good luck.
John
At 05:39 PM 2/24/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Grab your Phillips, it's...
>The Latest from The Screwdriver List!
>
>
>Further to my email of earlier, I have an Athlon/KT7-Raid system. I have
>tried disabling the com port-2 in the BIOS peripherals to enable the modem
>detection, but that has not worked. An honest man is at his wits end. I
>would rather be using my 1 Gig athlon rather than my 486 to send email.
>Thanks.
>
> >Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:27:13 -0800
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >From: Maheep Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: My OEM Modem
> >
> >In an effort to upgrade my MSIE to 5.5, I knocked off some crucial
>registers off the Windows Explorer, and had to reinstall my system from
>scratch. Now the system (Win98SE) won't detect my modem (US Robotics,
>OEM). I have tried device manager, I have tried control panel (modem, and
>add/remove hardware), and I have tried rebooting several times. Nothing
>works. Interestingly, the device manager shows one single yellow
>exclamation mark for a PCI serial controller, and each time I try to get a
>driver for it, it does not accept it from Win98. Wonder whether there is a
>connection between the modem and the PCI controller.
> >I am using my backup 486 to send this call for help. Looking forward to
>the modem guru to assist.
> >Thanks
> >
>
>Maheep Singh
>P.O. Box 16874
>Irvine, CA 92623
>
>Ph: 714-898-5909
>Fax: 714-898-8925
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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John M. Goodman, Ph.D., author of "Peter Norton's Inside the PC," Seventh
Edition (Sams 1997, ISBN 0-672-31041-4), and Eighth Edition (Sams 1999,
ISBN 0-672-31532-7).
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