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Re: Modem not connecting on COM2 under Win'95 - s3problm.txt [1/1]

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From: compsult
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:14
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In article <4g88oc$d34@steel.interlog.com>, vabiro@terrorism.com says...
>
>ldh@interlog.com (Laurent-Daid Hasson) wrote:
>
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>>Out of frustration, i took a desperate and stupid decision to switch the 
mouse 
>>and modem so that the modem would be on COM1 and the mouse, on COM2.... 
IT 
>>WORKED !!!! 
>
>>I have no idea why it worked that way, and not the other, and i would 
love it i
>f 
>>someone could enligthen me.
>
>
>
>While I am uncertain why it worked after you swapped the devices, I
>may have a suggestion that might work.
>
>I have found that (occasionally) if you put the modem on COM 3 with an
>IRQ of 5 it will work. The only problem is that IRQ5 is sometimes used
>by the MIDI interface on the sound card.
>
>Good luck
>
>Victor
>vabiro@terrorism.com

Do you have a video card with an S3 chipset? If so, I've attached an 
article I picked up on the Web. It's about a conflict with com4 but I also 
experienced the same problem with com2.

Sorry but I didn't get all of the question. I'm answering a "re:...". I am 
assuming you have an external modem. My only solution was to go with an 
internal modem on com 2. 

Paul
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Subject: Re: Modem not connecting on COM2 under Win'95 - s3problm.txt [1/1]
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