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  1. April 3rd, 2001, 09:36 AM #1
    rjwilke
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    Post Cannot Open Port error Message

    I got this one (see subject) trying to reinstall an old winmodem in P166 NEC Ready 98??. Even if I went into the BIOS and disabled the comm ports, I would still the error message when I click on the "More Info"
    button in the Control Panel Modem Icon.
    What does it mean and how do I fix it?
    Thanks in advance!
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  2. April 3rd, 2001, 09:54 AM #2
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    What programs do you have running? Sometimes a program will cause that problem too. Or maybe it's trying to take com5 and a lot of computers don't like it when they do that.

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    check that it is not sharing an irq with another device. This often causes the problem.
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  4. April 4th, 2001, 07:32 AM #4
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    Well Guys, thanks for the help. I checked for conflicts-none, disabled startup programs-no help. Reinstalled with drivers off of Win98SE CD - no luck. Bought cheap ($30) PCI modem at Staples. Installed first time perfectly. Time wasted on winmodem, 5 hours minimum. Thank God I'm doing this upgrade gratis for a good customer. Have a good one... BY the way, the MS Knowledge base was not much help either. PC Guide said to not bother troubleshooting winmodems - I guess they were right!
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    Some Winmodems have minimum requirments of 2333Mhz, if thats not it, buy a new one for $12 off Ebay, and save your energy for real problems.
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  6. April 4th, 2001, 11:43 AM #6
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    There is no excuse to use WinModems anymore. You can get hardware-based modems for under $40 now. Do a search for "56K hard modem" (without the quotes) at the top of the www.pricewatch.com page. You will come up with several good choices.

    A company called www.netseller.com has 33.6 US Robotics Hardware modems that come with the software to flash upgrade the modem to 56K for around $30.00. This is a great deal! You get one of the best modems made for little more than the price of a WinModem.

    For a few bucks more, you can get a generic external modem, which by definition is hardware based. You get the added bonus of having pretty lights to watch & something else to dust.

    Check out www.56K.com for more info on the evils of WinModems & much more.
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