The Scanner [or ANY device in the daisy chain] MUST be powered up at boot in
order for all the devices to be seen.  Also there may be some settings in the
scanner driver that allow devices "downstream" to be seen.  I know parallel
port scanners fake the system out and use the port as if it were a slow SCSI
port, perhaps yours is doing the same thing.

Charles Morris

David George wrote:

> Members
>
>  I disconnected the external cable from
> the port (com2) so that I could connect a scanner to the port directly
> below the modem. I then reconnected the modem and booted up the computer
> and try as I may the modem "cannot be detected." I have replaced the external
> cable and the internal 9 wire ribbon connector which plugs directly onto the
> motherboard. I have
> even tried to set up another external modem, all to no avail.
>
> Do I need to delete all traces of the internal modem from my computer
> before I can get the external modem to operate?
>
>

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