On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:09:58 EST No Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This request is prompted by the trouble Yolanda has
> had with her COM Ports, and now I HAVE it, too.
> I just picked up a motherboard with a P-133. Its HDD and FDD
> conections are on-board, as are the parallel and serial connections.
> It won't recognize the mouse, nor the modem. (sound familiar,
> Pippi?)
> Is it possible for a motherboard to have defective COM circuitry?
> How many of you techs out there have run into this and fixed it?
> I'm taking the P-133, the 32Megs of ram and any other usable
> parts OFF this MOTHER of a Board (stayed up 'til 3AM last nite)
> and making it a frisbee, and will place above said onto another
> like-board with plenty of slots for connection of I/O cards for
> HDD, FDD, etc. Seems on-board units are affected by this?
> Or are they so finicky about the peripherals connected that
> only a small group of said peripherals function properly?
> No maker's ID on this board, just Intel chips, no way to know who
> to chew on about it, so if any of you have solved this problem, please
> come forward with actual case histories of your solutions.
> Gratefully,
> Soulement
On-board com ports are enabled or disabled in BIOS setup. Usually you
may also specify in BIOS setup the com port number and IRQ for each on-board
com port. Be careful to avoid specifying any interrupts that would result
in a conflict. If you can figure out how to get into your BIOS setup you
will probably find yourself in luck immediately. If you can't figure out
how to get into your BIOS setup, then please inform us of your difficulty.
Many of us know many various techniques that work with different types of
BIOSes. As for the technique that might work with your unknown motherboard,
you might have to discover it by trial and error. Usually during the booting
process a screen will appear very briefly that will identify your BIOS, to
include some numeric codes . This information would be quite helpful for us
in order to provide you with the best suggestions on how to get into the BIOS
setup.
Good luck!
Sam Heywood
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