Had my computer crash a couple of days ago as a result of a "Missing or
corrupt" Hal.dll file. Had to reinstall the system through a backup I
had. No problems in that respect as it appears everything is working;
"except"; I'm having problems with my comm ports. I have a newer Compaq
Presario with 6 USB ports. When I use Device manager to look at what
ports I have; it only shows my printer port; if I plug into one of the
USB ports; that one will show up as a " Prolific USB to serial comm
port" with the comm port number listed. Device manager also will state
that this port is working properly. When I try to use the port I get a
error stating that the port is not available.

Any suggestions/solutions ?

try looking for some motherboard software, it will contain all of the drivers
and stuff like that that he backup may not of contained, no garantees. look
on there web site if you can get access to it, or email them!!
--
grapes


"Theslaz" wrote:

> Had my computer crash a couple of days ago as a result of a "Missing or
> corrupt" Hal.dll file. Had to reinstall the system through a backup I
> had. No problems in that respect as it appears everything is working;
> "except"; I'm having problems with my comm ports. I have a newer Compaq
> Presario with 6 USB ports. When I use Device manager to look at what
> ports I have; it only shows my printer port; if I plug into one of the
> USB ports; that one will show up as a " Prolific USB to serial comm
> port" with the comm port number listed. Device manager also will state
> that this port is working properly. When I try to use the port I get a
> error stating that the port is not available.
>
> Any suggestions/solutions ?
>

Craig008 wrote:
> try looking for some motherboard software, it will contain all of the drivers
> and stuff like that that he backup may not of contained, no garantees. look
> on there web site if you can get access to it, or email them!!
Thanks for your reply. I will look and see what I can come up with. No
real problem/hurry as I have two other computers in the household that I
can rely on!