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GP2: COM4 unavailable

3 posts by 3 people · 16 Aug 1996 - 19 Aug 1996

Rob Hounsel 16 Aug 1996#333848
Folks, (posted for a friend...) I'm having a problem accessing my modem on COM4 through the linkup menu on GP2. I went through the control panels on Windows 95 to get the address of COM4 and then used the COMSETUP command in the utilities directory on the CD to set up COM4 at this address. However, when I launch the game I still cannot access COM4. The radio button is always ghosted out. We've also tried starting GP2 using the "nolinkmouse" (or whatever the option is), but it still leaves the COM4 port unselectable. A phonecall to Software Support, as well as an e-mail, has not been replied to. I thought I caught a glimpse of an (almost?) identical post on the newsgroup a week or two ago but it disappeared on me. So my apologies for any duplication but H-E-L-P !!. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rob Hounsell Bell-Northern Research | | Cornerstone Network Controller Devel. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
waps.. 17 Aug 1996#333990
Quoted text (27 lines)> Folks, > (posted for a friend...) > I'm having a problem accessing my modem on COM4 through the linkup > menu on GP2. I went through the control panels on Windows 95 to get the > address of COM4 and then used the COMSETUP command in the utilities > directory on the CD to set up COM4 at this address. However, when I > launch the game I still cannot access COM4. The radio button is always > ghosted out. We've also tried starting GP2 using the "nolinkmouse" (or > whatever the option is), but it still leaves the COM4 port unselectable. > A phonecall to Software Support, as well as an e-mail, has not been > replied to. > I thought I caught a glimpse of an (almost?) identical post on the > newsgroup a week or two ago but it disappeared on me. So my apologies > for any duplication but H-E-L-P !!. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Rob Hounsell Bell-Northern Research > | > | Cornerstone Network Controller Devel. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > | > | > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try disabling the com port in your CMOS setup. I had to do this in order for the GP2 to even recognize my modem. I'm not a computer technician, but this did the trick for me. :)
Try NOT loading your mouse driver. This will free up an interrupt and probably make the port available. Also if you plan on using COM4 make sure you've got a COM3 aswell. Gaps between COM ports are always sources for big IRQ problems. Good luck. -- ________________ Jan-Willem Korver MarketGraph, Haarzuilens, The Netherlands

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