Dell Laptop with WinXP

The infrared port on a Dell Inspiron 8100 I have doesn't seem to work with WinXP.

It doesn't turn up in Device Manager and on the Dell Support site it only shows a driver version till Windows 2000.

 

It should work with XP just fine. Is the port on in the BIOS?

 

Yes it is.

Any ideas?

 

Have you flashed the bios to A08?

Have you been to the delltalk site? Very helpful and knowledgeable people there.

http://delltalk.dell.us.com/messages/

 

I got Windows XP to detect the IR port. It's now listed there in Device Manager.

How do I use it? I've got a mobile phone with an IR port and I'd like to send some files via IR to my phone.

 

I have a Nokia 8210 and it was automatically recognised by the laptop once I activated the infra red on the phone and put it within range of the laptop's port.

You need to set up a dun connection using the 'phone as a modem.