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- From: kjking@execpc.com (K.J. King)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.dcom.modems,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
- Subject: Re: Modem hardware conflict? Please help me with this bizarre problem!
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:32:41 GMT
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- cquirke@iafrica.com (Chris Quirke) wrote:
-
- >leifa@sn.no (Leif Arne Neset) wrote:
- >
- >>I've been troubled with the same combination of video, 486 and modem/serial
- >>port. The problem is that the Diamond stealth card uses some internal
- >>registers that have addresses that have the same last bits as the base
- >>address of serial port com2. The problem is that the Diamond stealth driver
- >>software writes information into registers of the UART of the
- >>modem/serial port which then acts funny.
- >Does your COM2: use COM4:'s IO port address? AFAIK the SVGA clash
- >issue involves COM4:'s IO address, although as COM4: shares IRQ3 with
- >COM2:, you may get some spill-over...
- >
- >>My solution was to strap my ISA serial card/modem as com1 and use
- >>the built in VESA combo card com2 for the mouse.
- >Me2; the beauty of mouse on COM2: is that you can add an internal
- >modem on COM3:, or an external on COM1:, and not have to worry about
- >IRQ clashes with the mouse, IO port clashes with S3 or misbehaviour
- >due to a "missing" COM3: ;-)
- >
- I just flashed the bios on a Micron P 90 today and on reboot it said
- there was a comport conflict....s3 card and modem, having been through
- this before with s3 cards I disabled com port 2 and all is ok.
-
- good luck
- KJ King
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