>a conflict is preventing the system from booting. I set the card to com 4,
>and disabled the settings in cmos. Still a no -go.
Did you make sure to set COM4's IRQ to 5 or another free IRQ? Typically when
you set an add-on card to COM4, its IRQ is set to 3, which conflicts with
COM2. Some cards have configurable IRQs, and some do not.
Just a thought.
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Dan Chapman
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