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GP2 can't detect my COM3!

André Perro

GP2 can't detect my COM3!

by André Perro » Wed, 28 Aug 1996 04:00:00

Unfortunately GP2 is very hard to set it up.
After having a bit of problem to set up the Thrustmaster T! now GP2 dont
detect my COM3. Everything is fine with my system i play Indy and Nascar
via modem since 1 year with no problem!

If someone can help me on this, i use the comsetup utilities from the
cd-rom of gp2 and it didnt work out.

in modem setup, only com2 is available!

My system

com1 = 03F8    interrup=4
com2 = 02f8     interrup=3
com3 = 03E8    interrup=5

Andre

Harrie Guliker

GP2 can't detect my COM3!

by Harrie Guliker » Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:00:00


> =
> Unfortunately GP2 is very hard to set it up.
> After having a bit of problem to set up the Thrustmaster T! now GP2 dont
> detect my COM3. Everything is fine with my system i play Indy and Nascar
> via modem since 1 year with no problem!
> =
> If someone can help me on this, i use the comsetup utilities from the
> cd-rom of gp2 and it didnt work out.
> =
> in modem setup, only com2 is available!
> =
> My system
> =
> com1 =3D 03F8    interrup=3D4
> com2 =3D 02f8     interrup=3D3
> com3 =3D 03E8    interrup=3D5
> =
> Andre

Now, don't throw a brick at my head, but if my grey mass recollects well,
you're setting of COM3 is different than usual.
Some braincells tell me that COM3 has the same interrupt as COM1 but a diff=
erent
base-address (or was it: COM3 has the same base-adres but a different IRQ a=
s
COM1).

To all PC users: confirm this please!

2nd suggestion: perhaps a software-driver is messing up things here. Try to=
 disable
as many drivers as you can and start from DOS (not W95).

Good luck!


-- =

                      From:     Harrie Gulikers =


Jan-Willem Korv

GP2 can't detect my COM3!

by Jan-Willem Korv » Sat, 31 Aug 1996 04:00:00



>> =

>> Unfortunately GP2 is very hard to set it up.
>> After having a bit of problem to set up the Thrustmaster T! now GP2 dont
>> detect my COM3. Everything is fine with my system i play Indy and Nascar
>> via modem since 1 year with no problem!
>> =

>> If someone can help me on this, i use the comsetup utilities from the
>> cd-rom of gp2 and it didnt work out.
>> =

>> in modem setup, only com2 is available!
>> =

>> My system
>> =

>> com1 =3D 03F8    interrup=3D4
>> com2 =3D 02f8     interrup=3D3
>> com3 =3D 03E8    interrup=3D5
>> =

>> Andre

>Now, don't throw a brick at my head, but if my grey mass recollects well,
>you're setting of COM3 is different than usual.
>Some braincells tell me that COM3 has the same interrupt as COM1 but a
diff=
>erent
>base-address (or was it: COM3 has the same base-adres but a different IRQ
a=
>s
>COM1).

>To all PC users: confirm this please!

>2nd suggestion: perhaps a software-driver is messing up things here. Try to=
> disable
>as many drivers as you can and start from DOS (not W95).

>Good luck!

Yep. COM3 is using the same interrupt as COM1 (usually IRQ4). As the mouse
is usually on COM1 and you're using it in GP2, COM3 is not available for link-up
mode. The only solution I found for this problem is unloading the mouse driver
and go through the menus by keyboard. This wil make COM3 and IRQ4
available for link-up.

Good luck.

Regards,

Jan-Willem

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Jan-Willem Korver
MarketGraph, Haarzuilens, The Netherlands

Janne Lindber

GP2 can't detect my COM3!

by Janne Lindber » Sun, 01 Sep 1996 04:00:00


> Unfortunately GP2 is very hard to set it up.
> After having a bit of problem to set up the Thrustmaster T! now GP2 dont
> detect my COM3. Everything is fine with my system i play Indy and Nascar
> via modem since 1 year with no problem!

> If someone can help me on this, i use the comsetup utilities from the
> cd-rom of gp2 and it didnt work out.

> in modem setup, only com2 is available!

> My system

> com1 = 03F8    interrup=4
> com2 = 02f8     interrup=3
> com3 = 03E8    interrup=5

> Andre

I had a similar problem, and the only way to fix it was to change the
modem's com port to 2. To do that I had to disable the computer's second
com port in the bios, but that wasn't a problem cause it wasn't used.

BTW have you tried starting the game with GP2 linkonmouseport
It didn't work for me though :(

J. Nielse

GP2 can't detect my COM3!

by J. Nielse » Wed, 04 Sep 1996 04:00:00


> Unfortunately GP2 is very hard to set it up.
> After having a bit of problem to set up the Thrustmaster T! now GP2 dont
> detect my COM3. Everything is fine with my system i play Indy and Nascar
> via modem since 1 year with no problem!

> If someone can help me on this, i use the comsetup utilities from the
> cd-rom of gp2 and it didnt work out.

> in modem setup, only com2 is available!

> My system

> com1 = 03F8    interrup=4
> com2 = 02f8     interrup=3
> com3 = 03E8    interrup=5

> Andre

What did you write in the comsetup command??
Did you remember to state both com3 and com4?

I have solved MY modem probs with comsetup.

I made a f1gp2.bat file with this text:
REM start gp2
call c:\games\gp2\comsetup.exe 2ef 2e8
gp2.exe
REM start gp2

regards
Nielsen
q;-)
http://home1.inet.tele.dk/jnielsen/


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