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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Can't get com3 to work
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.094549.13575@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:45:49 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <gershon.715192512@husc10>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Keywords: com3, irq5
- Lines: 34
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- In article <gershon.715192512@husc10> gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
- > I'm happily using OS/2 2.0 GA, but I haven't been able to get it to
- > work with my com3 since the day I installed it.
- >
- > Equipment: Austin 386-33 with AMI bios, 2 serial, 1 paralell ports on
- > motherboard
- > generic 2400 baud internal modem
- >
- > I have my modem set up as com1, irq4 and my mouse on the com2, irq3. I
- > set the motherboard's other com port to be com3, irq5 following the
- > instructions in the computer's manual. The modem works just fine. The
- > mouse works just fine. But when I boot up it says "COM3 did not install.
- > The interrupt level is not availible." Relevant lines from my config.sys
- > are:
- >
- > DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS SERIAL=COM2
- > DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS (3,3E8,5)
- > DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS (3,3E8,5)
- > BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
- >
- > Does anyone have a solution? thanks.
- > --Ethan Gershon
- > gershon@husc.harvard.edu
-
- Any other cards in your PC? An ethernet card or SoundBlaster could be using
- IRQ5.......something is........
-
- Steve
-
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