re can t set com in article c rajn cbnewsh cb att com k bnc cbnewsh cb att com john a siegel writes i have been unable to get com to work diagnostic programs such as msd show nothing installed i think the software options are ok is there a known hardware conflict and or workaround for this problemand cd rom system is a g k dx tower with ati video card ports are set as follows on board coma com irq to external device internal modem com irq dfio port card primary port com irq mouse on board com b com irq does not work i have run this from a boot disk with only command com to eliminate softwar any suggestions before i call technical support john siegel k bnc cbnewsh att com jas hrollie hr att com i had this problem some time ago some bioses do not automatically install com or com in the port tables programs like most modem programs which write directly to the port work fine but anything that uses a bios call fails find a bbs or ftp site where you can get a copy of port finder put device pf sys in your config sys or run pf com from your autoexec bat this little program will locate all existing ports and make sure the bios tables are updated it works great pf will also let you swap ports and such also if that is of any value to you allen mulvey mulvey blurt oswego edu
