re: Win98SE seeing Com3 NOT during modem install Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 11:29 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Randy Ohman (2 messages posted) Well, I can call off the dogs. I solved the problem. I will mention it here in case it helps someone eventually. I had forgotten an important step in the setup. Ideally, one first configures the modem with the proper unused port and interrupt request. Then one installs the modem card in the computer. Eventually, one installs the modem drivers and if one forgot what I did, that installation will not work as the com port won't show up. The forgotten step was the installation of the communications port that the modem was configured to use. To install the communications port you must do a windows hardware detect ("add new hardware" from control panel) and let windows do the search. It will find a communications port and thereon will list the new port in the setup when you attempt to install the drivers. Bingo. On Friday, September 3, 2004 at 10:01 pm, Randy Ohman wrote: >I have a Model 56SF-92 56K V.92 Internal ISA Controller-based Data/Fax Modem from >BestData that is giving me fits while I try to get it into a Win98SE machine. Debug >shows com1, 2, and 3, but device manager and the modem install routine in windows >shows only com1 and 2 along with LPT1. It was purchased a year ago, and on the BestData >site the latest driver is 2000 vintage. I did the 'tickle the modem' commands from >command prompt in Safe Mode, but it did nothing. The modem worked great in a Win2K >machine I took it out of. It has manual jumpers for com and IRQ, currently set at >com3 and IRQ9, the first open ones, in the device manager list. I think it must be >a windows thing since the bios sees the port. Any ideas? > > > Written in response to: re: Win98SE seeing Com3 NOT during modem install (Randy Ohman: Friday, September 3, 2004 at 10:01 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] IRQ assignments depend on OS? (Johan B: Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 12:50 am) re: IRQ Sharing (Everett: Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 6:58 pm) Thanks, works for me! (Johan B: Thu, Jul 11, 2002, 12:11 am) re: IRQs in WinXP (Everett: Thu, Jul 11, 2002, 7:51 pm) re: not IRQ 9 its IRQ 2/9 (Brennan: Tue, Jan 21, 2003, 11:23 am) re: IRQ Sharing (STELE E: Fri, Jul 9, 2004, 10:00 pm) re: IRQ Sharing (Everett: Sat, Jul 10, 2004, 6:44 am) re: IRQ Sharing (STELE E: Sat, Jul 10, 2004, 11:07 pm) re: Win98SE seeing Com3 NOT during modem install (Randy Ohman: Fri, Sep 3, 2004, 10:01 pm) re: Win98SE seeing Com3 NOT during modem install (Randy Ohman: Sat, Sep 4, 2004, 11:29 am) re: IRQ assignments depend on OS? (dave stierle: Sun, Dec 15, 2002, 8:27 pm) re: IRQ assignments (Everett: Tue, Jan 21, 2003, 12:44 pm) re: IRQ assignments (lynn: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 4:14 am) re: IRQ assignments (Everett: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 2:58 pm) re: IRQ assignments (lynn: Tue, Jan 28, 2003, 2:01 pm) re: IRQ steering (Everett: Tue, Jan 28, 2003, 5:35 pm) re: IRQ assignments (Ep: Fri, Jan 31, 2003, 10:49 pm) re: IRQ assignments (Everett: Sat, Feb 1, 2003, 8:11 pm) re: IRQ assignments (STU: Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 6:54 am) re: IRQ assignments (Everett: Tue, Feb 3, 2004, 8:35 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum