After doing a BIOS upgrade on a Supermicro P5STE motherboard with an INTEL 166 processor I can no longer use my modem in Windows 98. Windows recognizes all my hardware fine with no IRQ conflicts. I have a serial mouse on COM1 and IRQ4 (03F8-03FF). My 3Com 56K winmodem gets IRQ12 (0118-011F). When I try to use the modem (startup WinFAX 9.0) I get a message that the com port is already open. This was fine before the BIOS upgrade. There are numerous BIOS settings that I am unsure of (IRQs get PNP or ISA) (OS is PNP or not) etc.. Can anyone help?
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DaveGoTech
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Try the easiest solution first. Remove the<br>
modem from Win 98, then physically remove it<br>
from the PC. Set your BIOS to PNP. Use the<br>
defaults for that page. Now insert your modem<br>
and set it up in Windows. Also make sure that<br>
WinFax know what your modem settings are.
modem from Win 98, then physically remove it<br>
from the PC. Set your BIOS to PNP. Use the<br>
defaults for that page. Now insert your modem<br>
and set it up in Windows. Also make sure that<br>
WinFax know what your modem settings are.
DaveGoTech speaks from experience. If the easist solution doesn't work try reinstalling the modem software. I saw an identical error message after upgrading from '95 to '98. Didn't have the disks for my ZOOM modem and had to use system #3 to retrieve the files from the mfg. It worked.
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