Hi all,

I just bought a ibm r40 notebook, it was installed with a windows xp.

But when i opened the hardware manager, I couldn't find the com1 port, but
can only find the lpt1.

Can anybody explain what is the reason of it? How can I make com1 port
appear in the "hardware manager" program?


Thank you!

Hello

If you just bought that new laptop I would take it back
to the store and have them check it out for you

Alvin


"frank.zhao" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just bought a ibm r40 notebook, it was installed with a windows xp.
>
> But when i opened the hardware manager, I couldn't find the com1 port, but
> can only find the lpt1.
>
> Can anybody explain what is the reason of it? How can I make com1 port
> appear in the "hardware manager" program?
>
> Thank you!

Please not that some new notebooks do not come with a COMx port and/or LPTx
port now. These ports are becoming "extinct".

Y.

"Alvin Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello
>
> If you just bought that new laptop I would take it back
> to the store and have them check it out for you
>
> Alvin
>
>
> "frank.zhao" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just bought a ibm r40 notebook, it was installed with a windows xp.
> >
> > But when i opened the hardware manager, I couldn't find the com1 port,
but
> > can only find the lpt1.
> >
> > Can anybody explain what is the reason of it? How can I make com1 port
> > appear in the "hardware manager" program?
> >
> > Thank you!
>

Yes, true, thank you all.

There is only a port which seems to be able to connect to a monitor.I
thought it was the com1 port.

So, I heard there is a converter which can convert usb port to com1 port, if
I use the converter, can I debug the equipments that are connected to com1
port as well as it was a real com1 port?

Thank you.

"Yves Leclerc" <(E-Mail Removed)> дÈëÓʼþ
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Please not that some new notebooks do not come with a COMx port and/or
LPTx
> port now. These ports are becoming "extinct".
>
> Y.
>
> "Alvin Brown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello
> >
> > If you just bought that new laptop I would take it back
> > to the store and have them check it out for you
> >
> > Alvin
> >
> >
> > "frank.zhao" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just bought a ibm r40 notebook, it was installed with a windows xp.
> > >
> > > But when i opened the hardware manager, I couldn't find the com1
port,
> but
> > > can only find the lpt1.
> > >
> > > Can anybody explain what is the reason of it? How can I make com1
port
> > > appear in the "hardware manager" program?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> >
>
>