Changing COM ports under W2k

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Okay, well I’ve tried everything to get my modem back on to COM 3 from COM 1 and nothing seems to work.   It only gives me the option of putting it on COM1 and so I’m wondering if the other COMs are disabled.   Can anyone tell me how to check and/or enable the different ports under Windows 2000 Professional?   Also, could anyone explain the philosophy of “jumpers”?   I’ve checked my computer manual and it’s proved strikingly unhelpful (aside from telling me that my internal modem is an ESS ES56ST-PI.   ESS Technologies were also unable to help me.

Any information would be gratefully appreciated.   Thanks for your time.

Cheers,
Marc.

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[Anonymous]

if you go to start,settings,control panel, system
then go to the hardware tab, then device manager
if you click the properties of your modem you should be able to change the com port it is set on through device manager

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately I can\'t.   It only registers COM1.   It sees COMs 3&4 in the Computer management section, but says they have an error code 10.

Thanks,
Marc.

[Fjellu]

Have you tried SiSoft Sandra (or equal program) to check if COM1 is free?

If not, remove hardware on COM1, install modem to COM1, boot (and pray).

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestion but my modem MUST go on COM3 and Windows 2000 refuses to give me the option to put it there.  It is quite happy to install it on COM1 but afterwards it can\'t connect to it.   The modem didn\'t come with any instructions since it\'s internal (so I can\'t really fiddle with it).   If I disable COM1 in the BIOS then it simply refuses to let me install the modem until I go back and re-enable COM1 in the BIOS.   I\'ve even tried using a PCMCIA modem card, but it won\'t see this either - starting to wish I\'d kept with Windows 98!

Cheers,
Marc.

[Fjellu]

You have already tried this?

From W2K help file:

\"To change the COM port for a modem

Open Phone and Modem Options in Control Panel.
On the Modems tab, click the modem you want to configure, and then click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, click Advanced Port Settings.
If this option is not displayed, the modem does not support changing the assigned COM port

In Com Port Number, click the port number you want to use. \"

If it does not work, try to occupy COM1 and COM2 with other peripherals (old version mouse etc) and then install modem