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Karl,

I've encountered problems with this when trying to set up COM3. When I
finally get to the roll-down menu that is supposed to let you choose
which "Basic Configuration" you want, it shows only Basic
Configurations 1, 2, and 3. ALL of these give rise to conflicts with
other system devices. I have not been able to find a way to force it
to let me select any other Basic Configurations.

The worst thing is that it will not let me into any Basic
Configuration that will let me edit the IRQ setting to a value that
does not conflict with anything else in the system.

I have reported this as a bug to Microsoft, which proved totally
useless, because I wasn't able to find anyone there who could even
understand what I was talking about(!?!) I repeatedly got the same
simplistic reply, to the effect that I should just go into that
roll-down menu and choose one of the other Basic Configurations, when
I had just finished explaining to them that this same roll-down menu
was defective and was failing to offer any useful choices of Basic
Configuration. I have seen this problem on several machines at work
and at home, each with their own copy of Win 95 having different
release dates, and the same thing keeps happening. I would be
surprised if I were the only person who has encountered this problem. 

For the benefit of those of us with brains and the inclination to use
them, Microsoft should have the decency to offer us a way to override
the useless "Plug and Play" feature and install any device with full
manual control of all settings.


Alida Jatich
jatich@mcs.com

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:30:50 -0800, "Karl A. Caillouet"
<karl@dnswiz.com.---> wrote:

>You should definitely setup your comports using different IRQ's ... this
>may clear up your current problem and cause you less grief in the future.
>
>Perhaps the following from the Windows Support Asst will help:
>
>...........................
>
>Windows 95 includes a set of "Basic Configurations" for communications
>(COM) ports. These configuration options make it easier for you to avoid
>hardware conflicts by letting you easily change the settings a COM port
>uses.
>
>These Basic Configurations provide the following:
>
>A default configuration for each COM port. You cannot change this default
>setting.
>
> Additional configurations for each port that lets you edit the IRQ
>setting. These configurations do not let you change I/O addresses.
>
> Additional configurations for each port that lets you edit both the IRQ
>and the I/O range.
>
>MORE INFORMATION
>
>Basic Configurations are determined by the following table:
>
>Basic
>Configuration  IRQ Setting   Editable?  I/O Setting    Editable?	
>
>
>0               4	         No	    03F8-03FF	No
>1               4	         Yes	    03F8-03FF	No
>2               3	         No	    02F8-02FF	No
>3               3	         Yes	    02F8-02FF	No
>4               4	         No	    03E8-03EF	No
>5               4	         Yes	    03E8-03EF	No
>6               3	         No	    02E8-02EF	No
>7               3	         Yes	    02E8-02EF	No
>8           Variable        Yes	    Variable	Yes
>
>COM 1 defaults to Basic Configuration 0. The IRQ can be changed by
>selecting Basic Configuration 1.
>
>COM 2 defaults to Basic Configuration 2. The IRQ can be changed by
>selecting Basic Configuration 3.
>
>COM 3 defaults to Basic Configuration 4. The IRQ can be changed by
>selecting Basic Configuration 5.
>
>COM 4 defaults to Basic Configuration 6. The IRQ can be changed by
>selecting Basic Configuration 7.
>
>Basic Configuration 8 can be used to configure additional COM ports because
>it lets you change the IRQ and the I/O address.
>
>Example
>The following is a sample procedure for changing the IRQ for COM 1:
>
>1. Click the Start button on the taskbar.
>
>2. On the Settings menu, click Control Panel, then double-click the System
>icon.
>	NOTE: You can skip steps 1 and 2 if you use the right (secondary) mouse
>button to click the My Computer icon and then click Properties.
>
>3. Click the Device Manager tab, double-click Ports (COM & LPT), then
>double-click Communications Port (COM1).
>
>4. Click the Resources tab.
>	NOTE: COM 1 defaults to Basic Configuration 0, and the settings are
>according to the table above.
>
>5. Click the arrow next to the Setting Based On box, and click Basic
>Configuration 1.
>
>6. Under Resource Settings, double-click Interrupt Request (or IRQ), then
>click the up or down arrow to change the Value field setting.
>
>7. Click OK and restart Windows when prompted.
>
>...................
>
>-- 
>Karl A. Caillouet
>Houston, Texas
>http://www.dnswiz.com
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>