At 05:37 PM 1/9/99 , you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>        A buddy has just finished putting together his first system and
>upon boot-up, he said he got the message "Conflict I/O ports 2F8".
>Could someone please help me decipher this for him?  I failed to get
>specs on his board and processor, but I originally thought that it
>was a generic conflict message, so I can call him to get specifics
>if necessary.

Typically this is caused by an ISA non-plug-n-play modem in the
bus requesting a com port that is also requested by the bios for
an external com port.

Tell him to open the Bios and turn off "Com 2" in the CMOS
settings of the Bios.   Then the conflict will disappear.

Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group



>
>Thanks for any input.
>Harold E. Schumacher, Jr.
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