🚀 go-pugleaf

Did you try just inactivating the HP extensions to see if
the modem port behaves properly again? Also, you know that
you don't need any of the Global Village software unless you fax.

I agree with the other poster - until you find the source of 
the problem, CommCloser will let you close the port. You can
get it at the Macuser site.

Cathy

Atomik@Area51.reno.nv.us (Atomik) wrote:
>   A couple of days ago, when I tried connecting to my ISP, I got an error
>message stating that the serial port was in use. I thought this was strange
>because everything worked fine the night before, so I thought powering down
>and booting back up would help... it didn't, so I thought it may be caused
>by a corrupted modem extension (since I get an ample amount of system
>crashes and reboots). So I reinstalled my Global Village Teleport software
>and tried rebooting, but to no avail. When I did restart, as soon as I got
>to the finder screen, I got a system bomb message saying it was caused by
>my HP Printer Background extension. I booted off the system disk and
>reinstalled my HP software and restarted.... and once again to no avail. 
>   Then I decided, "Hey, why not reinstall the system software?" So I
>reinstalled the system software... to no avail. Then I thought that some
>files in my system folder were causing some software conflicts that I could
>not detect, so I installed the system software on my external hard drive,
>installed my modem software on that, and restarted.... NOTHING! The same
>thing error message was displayed, and I was back where I started. Then I
>tried connecting my modem to my printer port, and to my surprise, it worked
>(after I reconfigured the settings on its control panel)! I connected my
>printer to my modem port, and received the same error as when I had the
>modem connected to it. 
>   So, I came to the conclusion that this must be some kind of hardware
>problem, but I have no idea what caused it nor what to do about it... how
>much does it cost to fix? I'm not sure if this will help, but when I opened
>up my computer (PPC 6100/60av), the little boxes which were the printer and
>modem ports seemed to have some dried stuff on it (it looked like dried
>salt water or something like that...) I have no idea what this stuff is,
>nor have I ever spilled any liquids on my Mac. I've never had problems as
>serious nor as nerve-wracking as this since I purchased my Mac two years
>ago. Help is much appreciated!!
>
>Pat Lee
>
>-- 
>Pat Lee


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