Wayne Aiello wrote:
>
> At 11:42 PM 4/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Wayne,  When installing a telepath 56k Winmodem (Gateway), you must disable
> >your onboard com2.  The modem is wired to use com2 and it will not be
> >recognized unless the onboard port is disabled.  3Com/USR makes the
> >Telepath.  Maybe this will help.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >>I'm working on a system with an AMI motherboard with Cyrix/IBM 586-133  32
> >>megs trying to install a 3com/usr 56Kwinmodem, system had a 28.8 sportster
> >>before. problem is I can't get win95 to recognize it. I've re-installed
> >>serveral times, gone to 3com's site and downloaded the latest drivers and
> >>followed their instructions for removing the old (28.8) software drivers.
> >>At first win95 kept giving error messages saying "can't open com port
> >>already in use by some other device". However the last few times it didn't
> >>even see the modem at boot-up (56K winmodem model # 5683). I've even used
> >>their registry cleaner to remove any reference to the old modem. After all
> >>this I put the old 28.8 back in, of course win95 saw it and required no
> >>set-up to function. What am I missing, the only thing I thought was weird
> >>was that win95 could rebuild the driver base for the 28.8 even though I
> >>took them out.Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Hi again Listreaders:
> There was no way in CMOS to disable the COM ports so first tried disabling
> Com 2 in device manager(didn't help)then removed it from the same
> place(didn't help)anyone esle want to take a shot at this(need help bad)!!!
>
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i just ran into the same problem, spent about 3 hours trying to install
my new 56.6 modem.i kept getting conflicts with com2. open up help and
go to troubleshooting. follow the steps as listed. basically you have to
go into device manager and tell win95 to share com2's IRQ with the
modem's. i don't remember the steps to do it, but like i said, open help
and go to trouble shooting. then click on "If you have a hardware
conflict".
that should guide you.

michael galante
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