NO Com port in Device manager, yet dialup works!?

Greetings,

Right now my dialup modem is working without a com port visible, does this resemble the calm before the storm?
(When I install drivers on reboot, I am not prompted to direct toward a com port.
BTW, the modem is currently on IRQ 0. I noticed that by default com 1 is set to IRQ 4.)

Do the IRQ for the Com port need syncronizing during modem configuration or is the modem assigned a different Com port and IRQ #?

I have also read that 98se will reinstall without deleting data. Will previously installed programs continue to work or does something need to be reinstalled?

I appologize for the earlier version of this post and any vague posts in the future. I will try and keep it KISS!


Paul

 

Your dial up modem (PCI card?) is using a virtual port, or one that does not exist as hardware attached to your motherboard. COM1 is a hardware port, and does typically get assigned IRQ4.

Your installed programs should work after an overlay install of windows.

 

No more problems.

Thanks for chiming in. Your right about the reinstall. All programs (all that I have run anyway) are problem free and even the modem got up and running like it should. I have terrible connection speeds limits...but that's out my hands and subject to more research around the web before I come running.

If only I knew about this reinstalling over a busted OS earlier...to think of the hours of reistalling os's and programs I coulda saved

Now, I just have to decide if I want to try and setup a better dual boot than my current Ubuntu on a slow 20g and 98se on a 80g Sata. I do have an older version of Ghost which seems pretty straight forward, but I have now room to give it a go until I repartition the disk into smaller sizes. I really like this idea about multipartitioning with separate OS's ie. 1 for surfing, another for gaming, 1 with ghost of new OS, etc.

I still have an exclamation over IRQ 4 in device manager>computer>properties.

Since the reinstall, the modem configured naturally with COM1 IRQ4.

But the modem is working --I be it a very pathetic speeds-- and so consider this thread closed.

Thanks a lot.