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by Anonymous on January 19th, 2005

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How do I set a com port to "3" when my Win 98 SE computer only offers ports 1 and 2?

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  • by Nemo_S on September 30th, 2008

    Nemo_S

    You might try this it's old, but it used to work for me on win 95 and 98 (sometimes) might need a little touch up if you cut and paste ...

    ;----------------------------COM PORT SETTINGS----------------------------------
    comboosttime=8;(milliseconds)was 20
    commdrv30=false
    comirqsharing=0
    maxcomport=4
    ;----------------------------------------COM PORT 1------------------------------------
    com1autoassign=0
    com1base=03f8
    com1buffer=16
    com1irq=4
    com1fifo=0
    com1Protocol=
    com1rxsize=8
    com1rxtrigger=8
    com1txfifo=0
    com1txsize=16
    ;----------------------------------------COM PORT 2-------------------------------------
    com2autoassign=1
    com2base=02F8
    com2buffer=1024
    com2fifo=0
    com2irq=3
    com2Protocol=
    com2rxsize=8
    com2rxtrigger=14
    com2txfifo=0
    com2txsize=16
    ;----------------------------------------COM PORT 3-----------------------------------------
    com3autoassign=1
    com3base=03E8
    ;com3buffer=1024
    com3irq=4
    com3fifo=1
    com3Protocol=
    com3rxsize=8
    com3rxtrigger=14
    com3txfifo=0
    com3txsize=16
    com3txtrigger=14
    ;----------------------------------------COM PORT 4-----------------------------------------
    com4autoassign=1
    com4base=02E8
    com4buffer=1000
    com4fifo=1
    com4irq=3
    com4Protocol=
    com4rxsize=8
    com4rxtrigger=14
    com4txfifo=0
    com4txsize=16
    com4txtrigger=14

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  • by An0nym0us on August 14th, 2005

    An0nym0us

    I believe you are referring to setting your analog modem to use a particular COM port. The number of "COM ports" or "serial ports" or "RS232 interfaces" on a computer vary but all ports above a certain number (4 on most computers?) are "virtual". Setting a modem to use a virtual port can lead to problems. The procedure to set a port in W98SE is explained here:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q190554

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  • by originalmouse on February 15th, 2005

    originalmouse

    You may not need to reset the com port number (if that can even be done) if you could be more specific with the problem. do you have a device that can only use a certain port? if not you should just configure the device to use com1 or com2.

    The com port usually refers to a serial (DB9) or USB (universal serial bus) although it can refer to any device that comunicates with the outside world (modems, NICs, parellel ports) you can email me with the details, and i would be more than happy to help.

    The only thing i can recommend based on the information supplied is: Upgrade your computer's OS to a newer version of windows. (XP, ME... on second thought, forget ME. that os is terrible.)

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