Hi ?Wanda I think I have a handle on this...;)

The port has to stay enabled in BIOS or you cannot plug anything into it.
Check to see what the modem and mouse are using. Go into BIOS and change the
settings for the port you want to use for you sewing machine writer. Or set
modem for a different port. This will free the on-board port so you can plug
the sewing machine thingy in the port on back of PC. In a 'perfect world'
that's all it should take. However if that's not how it flies let us know.

Bruce
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wanda Irby" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 9:47 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Conflicts


> I have USB hub with a serial port, a parallel port and 3 USB.  My
> computer has an internal modem which has the second serial port on the
> back of the computer disabled.  When I connect my sewing machine card
> writer to the serial port on the hub, it conflicts with the modem and
> the modem will not work.  Is there some way I can disable the internal
> modem, use my external modem and enable the disabled port on the back of
> the machine.  The software for the hub sets up the serial port with a
> driver for a modem.  The card writer doesn't require a driver but it
> will not let me disable the one it  (the hub software) installed.  I
> guess this is clear as mud.
>     Wanda
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