How are your modem jumpers set? They should be set to Com 2 and do an auto
detect with Win98.You have a conflict with Com 1 and Com 3 as they both use
IRQ 4 which is what your mouse is using. Com 2 uses IRQ 3.One way is to
delete your mouse and install your modem, then re-install your mouse. The
mouse should reinstall at Com 2 and your modem should install at Com 3. Hope
this helps.







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From: Altaf Hussein <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 3:31 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Wrong naming of COM ports?


> Hi all,
>
> The machine that I work on (233Mhz MMX running on win 98) has an internal
> modem. The mouse is installed on COM1. Under Control Panel -> modems it
> shows that the modem is installed in COM3. But under Device Manager it
> lists only COM1 and COM2. Why this discrepancy? There is no conflict with
> other devices. Furthermore I formated the HD and did a clean install of
> win98. This machine previously had win 95 OSR2 and the modem worked
> perfectly and was quite fast.
>
> I need the COM port 3 to be listed in Device Manager so that I can change
> the Baud rate to a higher setting. Anyone knows how to do it?
>
> The modem is an internal Sierra SQ3485 data/fax/voice modem.
>
> Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
> Altaf Hussein
>
> [log in to unmask]
> Colombo
> Sri Lanka
>
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